Getting Umbrella Company Joint & Several Liability Right: What Safe Looks Like for Agencies and MSPs
From April 2026, Joint and Several Liability introduces a strict liability regime across the temporary labour supply chain. For recruitment agencies and MSPs, this marks a real shift in risk. When something goes wrong, intent, distance, and historic due diligence will no longer protect the business. If non-compliance exists in the supply chain, liability can sit with you.
This session is designed to cut through the noise and focuses on what safe actually looks like in practice. It explains why agencies and MSPs are now central to enforcement, how responsibility is assessed and why relying on due diligence or standard accreditation is no longer enough.
The session is deliberately practical. It looks at what agencies and MSPs need to change, how supplier relationships must evolve, and what meaningful oversight looks like on an ongoing basis. Attendees will come away knowing how to take control of risk rather than rely on assumptions, while building stronger trust with their clients.
This is not about fear. It is about being prepared. Agencies that get this right will be better protected, more credible, and better placed to retain existing business and win new work in an environment where safe is becoming a commercial requirement.
