The complete platform for joint employment, payroll, compliance and growth.
One joined-up system that takes on the agency, registers the worker, checks their right to work, runs penny-perfect PAYE, reports to HMRC in real time, pays everyone, invoices the agency, chases what's owed, and gives every worker and agency their own honest portal — all in your colours.
Built for healthcare, finance, banking and recruitment businesses that need an operationally stronger, transparent model — including organisations that have historically struggled to reclaim VAT.
A joint employment model that has been put under genuine review.
Joint Employer is built to the standards of People Group Services — a model with a documented history of disclosure, regulatory engagement and review. That history is a material part of the proposition: the model was not designed in isolation and then simply marketed as compliant.
Designed with HMRC over 12 months
The model was developed with detailed disclosure to HMRC across roughly twelve months. Published HMRC correspondence dated 21 November 2018 states that, if the working arrangement follows the contracts provided, HMRC would consider a legitimate joint employment to exist for the purposes reviewed.
Further government review
Company records describe a further two-year period of scrutiny and engagement involving HMRC, BEIS / the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and other public-sector stakeholders, after which the arrangement continued to operate.
BEIS position on recruitment law
A company-published guide reproduces BEIS correspondence stating that, on the evidence reviewed, the joint employment arrangement was not contrary to the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and that the Conduct Regulations did not prevent joint employment or a KID offering joint employment.
Fair Work Agency guidance
The Fair Work Agency now publishes specific guidance on joint employment models in the recruitment sector, recognising that a joint employment model can operate within the recruitment-law framework when the actual responsibilities and arrangements support it.
Built to solve the real operational pressures of joint employment.
From VAT and cash-flow challenges to worker onboarding, client transparency and legislative change, Joint Employer is a practical end-to-end operating model — not just a set of screens.
VAT-sensitive positioning
A genuine mitigation-led approach for organisations where VAT recovery is a material issue, especially in healthcare and other sensitive sectors.
Cash-flow controlled
Schedules become invoices automatically, and built-in credit control chases what's owed through escalating reminders — visibility over the whole cash cycle.
Compliance-first design
Right to work, KIDs, contracts, conduct-regulation touchpoints, Working Time opt-outs and RTI reporting organised in one coherent, audit-ready system.
Every department covered, end to end.
The platform runs as connected modules that hand work to one another, sharing one worker list and one document store — so nothing is keyed twice and nothing disagrees.
Candidates & onboarding
Office invite or a candidate self-application by a credential-free link — plain-English, saved at every step, with right to work, KID and contract produced automatically.
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Customer Service desk
One search box finds anyone; security cleared in seconds; the pipeline and automatic flags — new-agency leads, unregistered people on schedules, and visa expiries — surfaced here.
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Payroll & finance
Penny-perfect PAYE & NIC, pension, holiday and statutory deductions, payslips, RTI — then automatic invoicing and built-in credit control for what agencies owe.
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Payslip validation against HMRC
Every committed payslip is checked against HMRC’s own PAYE & NI tools — penny-perfect, with the tax code, week-1/month-1 flag and Scottish S-codes honoured.
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Agency Portal
A dedicated portal for agency visibility — their workers, schedules, invoices, banded rates and joint & several liability — in their branding, so the relationship stays open.
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Contractor support portal
The worker’s own honest window: payslips & KIDs, contracts, holiday, sickness, their ID & right-to-work status, documents and messages — jointly employed, clearly shown.
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Highlights of the end-to-end process
- Self-service onboarding, right to work (Yoti & Home Office eVisa) and KID
- Contracts, agency-linked documentation and Working Time opt-outs
- Schedule intake with unregistered workers auto-invited and flagged
- Penny-perfect payroll, payslips, bank files, RTI and reporting
- Automatic invoicing and escalating credit-control chasers
- Email, text and WhatsApp Business as message channels
- Holiday, absence, benefits, P45, P60 and legislative maintenance
Brand it for your organisation.
The same operating model can be presented under entirely different identities for umbrella companies, payroll providers and specialist operators — every screen, portal, email and document in their colours.
Canopy Payroll
Green configuration presenting a compliant payroll-focused identity.
Sterling Pay Solutions
Premium burgundy and gold for a more traditional consultancy feel.
Nexus Workforce
Modern purple digital identity aimed at workforce and tech positioning.
The documents that leave your building wear your brand too.
It isn’t only the website and the portals that carry your identity. Every payslip, every Key Information Document and every assignment confirmation goes out under your name, your colours and your logo — produced automatically, exactly as your brand is set in the Control Panel.
Three different brands, three different documents — the same platform underneath. Tap any page for a closer look.
