AEMC get lairy

[curleyted]

I read a post on this site yesterday about tax-dodging and I felt it begged a question...

In an industry that still has many non-compliant systems and procedures, this latest statement should also worry Umbrella firms, who may have been operating in a non-compliant way. HMRC are clearly keen to ensure that there is a level playing field across the board, and this will delight those associated with professional bodies such as the AEMC. Colin Howell, Director of AEMC and Co-Director at Crystal Umbrella, states the move by HMRC will help to finally ensure that contractors can work safe in the knowledge that they are doing so without risk. “The AEMC was set up to provide a unified voice and ensure that we are all operating on a level playing field, promoting professionalism, compliancy, integrity and equality – key concepts within both the AEMC’s and Crystal Umbrella’s principles.”

Will the aemc - who I doubt many contractors would ever have heard of - be naming and shaming those schemes they believe are not complaint?

[bez]

Who are the AEMC?

[bez]

Bleeding hell, it was quite tough to find them on google, they weren't even on page one. I'm confused about what the actually do - sure, they are trying to ensure compliance but I don't see how it actually helps the contractor.

[The SMG]

The AEMC are a professional body, run by Lawspeed. They claim to represent the views of the umbrella industry and lobby the government on things such as dispensations, overarching employment contracts etc. Similar to a company called Professional Passport, the AEMC provide Umbrella’s with a ‘stamp of approval’ following a yearly audit. I get the impression that the larger agencies tend to work only with Umbrellas that are either AMEC or Professional Passport approved.

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