Working through an umbrella company
Three parties but two contracts, the expertise and qualification conditions, the two maximum durations not to be confused, and what the financial guarantee really protects. Three modules following a consultant billing €700 a day. All the prose is free to read; only the quizzes are sold.
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By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Identify the three parties and the two contracts that bind them.
- Check the expertise, qualification and autonomy required of the carried employee.
- Recognise the activities umbrella employment cannot cover.
- Place umbrella employment against the other routes to independent work.
- Read an activity account, from the amount billed to the client to the net pay received.
- Tell the fixed-term umbrella contract from the open-ended one.
- Place the maximum length of the fixed-term contract and its renewals.
- Know the prospecting derogation that postpones the term.
- Spot the maximum length of an engagement with one client.
- Understand why both limits exist and what each one protects.
- Place the carried employee's minimum pay and where it comes from.
- Understand why the branch agreement prevails over the statutory floor.
- Know the financial guarantee that protects the employee if the firm defaults.
- Check the exclusivity of activity required of the umbrella firm.
- Measure what an offending umbrella firm risks, and what the employee loses.
The programme, module by module
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- Module 18 minFree — no accountThree parties, two contracts, one condition of entryWhat you will be able to do
- Identify the three parties and the two contracts that bind them.
- Check the expertise, qualification and autonomy required of the carried employee.
- Recognise the activities umbrella employment cannot cover.
- Place umbrella employment against the other routes to independent work.
- Read an activity account, from the amount billed to the client to the net pay received.
- Module 28 minIncluded in the full courseFixed or open-ended, and the limits on eachWhat you will be able to do
- Tell the fixed-term umbrella contract from the open-ended one.
- Place the maximum length of the fixed-term contract and its renewals.
- Know the prospecting derogation that postpones the term.
- Spot the maximum length of an engagement with one client.
- Understand why both limits exist and what each one protects.
- Module 39 minIncluded in the full courseWhat is guaranteed, and by whomWhat you will be able to do
- Place the carried employee's minimum pay and where it comes from.
- Understand why the branch agreement prevails over the statutory floor.
- Know the financial guarantee that protects the employee if the firm defaults.
- Check the exclusivity of activity required of the umbrella firm.
- Measure what an offending umbrella firm risks, and what the employee loses.
What you take away
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Participant handout (PDF)
PDF
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (2)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Exercise workbook (Word)
Word
- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (2)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
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