UK reward metrics · Governance & Transparency

Do UK organisations apply reward parity / compliance checks for umbrella-company and agency workers (ahead of umbrella regulation)?

Source lumi HRBase 167 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

46.1%No checks

46.1% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “No checks” on umbrella and agency worker reward checks (base: 167 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

No checks 46.1% Ad hoc 32.9% Documented checks 15% Full parity framework 6%
Umbrella and agency worker reward checks (base: 167 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Umbrella and agency worker reward checks: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
No checkscommon46.1%
Ad hocalternative32.9%
Documented checksrare15%
Full parity frameworkrare6%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether reward parity and compliance checks are applied to umbrella-company and agency workers, from none to a full parity framework. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/umbrella-and-agency-worker-reward-checks
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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