Hi Margaret, I work in the recruitment industry and have dealt with a lot of = management companies. I would recommend Entity Solutions. The company = is national and as I'm not sure where you're based, I have ccd my = (Melbourne) contact to this email as she will definitely be able to = offer you some advice in the first instance. The number to call is (03) = 9600 0333 - website address is www.entitysolutions.com.au=20 Another point of note though is to read your contract with the agency = carefully as there will probably be a clause which prevents you = contracting directly for your employer. This will probably be both in = your contract and the one the agency has with the company. There will = be ways around this but it would be best for your employer to look into = it to prevent any litigation. Hope this helps. Regards Anna=20 -----Original Message----- From: margp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:margp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:58 To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Umbrella companies 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=20 suggestion, which I don't think I've heard of before. Is this something like Freelance, or a different beast? I've looked at=20 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=20 paperwork myself. Any advice gratefully received.=20 Thanks Margaret ************************************************** 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 ************************************************** ************************************************** 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 **************************************************