Every employee needs a right to work check before they start, and employing someone without the right to work can cost up to £60,000 per worker. Most foreign hires use the Skilled Worker route, which needs a sponsor licence and the Immigration Skills Charge (from £480 for the first 12 months for small sponsors). Talk to us about the role and we will tell you what is possible.
No. Through Fronted's Employer of Record, your employees are employed by our own UK entity, so you can hire without a UK company. When you want your own Ltd, we set it up and run it for you, including accounting and payroll. You and every employee get a dedicated contact.
Employer National Insurance is 15% of earnings above £5,000 a year (about £417 a month), and the employer pays at least 3% pension on qualifying earnings between £6,240 and £50,270 a year. On a £5,000 monthly salary that is about £687 in National Insurance and £110 in pension. Through Fronted you also pay €390 per employee/month, and statutory costs are passed through at cost with no markup.
Statutory Sick Pay is £123.25 a week, or 80% of average weekly earnings if that is lower. Since 6 April 2026 it is paid from the first day of sickness. The employer pays it through payroll, and the contract can offer more.
Statutory Maternity Pay is 90% of average weekly earnings for 6 weeks, then £194.32 a week or 90% if lower for 33 weeks. Statutory Paternity Pay is £194.32 a week or 90% if lower, and paternity leave has been a day-one right since 6 April 2026. The employer pays through payroll.
Statutory redundancy pay applies after 2 years of service: half a week's pay per year of service under age 22, one week's pay from 22 to 40, and one and a half weeks' pay from 41. Weekly pay is capped at £751 and the maximum payment is £22,530 for redundancies on or after 6 April 2026.