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 ************************************************** 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 **************************************************