Hi Margaret (P) This has been discussed a couple of times on list under different titles. Two reputable companies of this type that I have heard of are: The Consultants Exchange - CXC @ <http://www.cxc.com.au/> Freelance @ <http://www.freelance.com.au/> Check them out for a start. Hope that helps. Cheers, Michael Granat Write Idaes Quoting margp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > Does anyone know anything about contractor umbrella companies in > Australia? > > My employer has decided that she is sick of paying an agent and wants me > to re- > organise how I do things, and using an "umbrella company" is the latest > suggestion, which I don't think I've heard of before. > > Is this something like Freelance, or a different beast? I've looked at > Freelance before, so I know how that works. > > Any gotchas or warnings that anyone can think of? > > I guess the other option is to set up my own company, or take on a lot > of extra > paperwork myself. > > Any advice gratefully received. > > Thanks > > Margaret > Michael Granat Write Ideas* Carnegie, Victoria, Australia. E-mail: megranat@xxxxxxxx *Trading As business #0828673K Registered (1987) Corporate Affairs Victoria Plain English Technical Communication. Advertising Copywriting. Business Writing. Web & Direct Marketing Content Writing. E&OE - Errors & Omissions Excepted ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************