Independent checks that go much further.
Professional Passport offers cost-effective compliance and risk-management solutions, with unbiased, dependable advice and support for the HR marketplace. It audits payment providers against its own compliance standards, and People Group Services is a Professional Passport audited member.
What Professional Passport does
It sets a specific compliance standard for each type of service, and only providers that meet it are approved. Each standard is designed to ensure robust compliance across all applicable legislation, as well as complete transparency.
Umbrella
Agency workers are engaged through the provider, with PAYE applied to all of their taxable earnings.
Joint Employment
The provider and the recruitment company jointly employ the contractor, with PAYE applied to all taxable earnings.
PEO
Agency workers are engaged through the provider’s PEO service, with PAYE applied to all of their taxable earnings.
Construction Industry (CIS)
Contractors are engaged through a gross status umbrella or as self-employed sub-contractors.
- LegislationTests against all relevant legislation, not just HMRC tax rules.
- Best practiceIncludes tests against recognised best practice in the sector.
- TransparencyRequires complete transparency in the information given to contractors.
- 360 feedbackCarries out a wider market review as part of each provider assessment.
- CompleteReviews ALL the solutions a provider actively markets — not just the one it chooses to put forward.
Why it matters
For agencies
- A shortlist of independently approved providers for your preferred supplier list
- Check any provider’s status online before you engage them
- Every solution a provider actively markets is reviewed
For contractors
- A provider tested against employment law, not only tax rules
- Clear information about how you are paid
- Confidence that every product the provider sells was reviewed
Audited memberPeople Group Services and Professional Passport
- People Group Services is a Professional Passport audited member.
- We are audited against Professional Passport’s compliance standards, which test against employment law and best practice as well as HMRC tax rules.
- You can confirm our status at any time on Professional Passport’s own website.
See Professional Passport for yourself
Find out more about Professional Passport on its own website.
Professional Passport and its logo belong to Professional Passport and are used with permission. Descriptions summarise information published by Professional Passport on its website; check its site for the latest details.