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UID:2026-10-05-talentwright-1@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006
SUMMARY:DBS check fees fall: enhanced £41\, basic and standa
 rd £20\, Update Service £15 a year
DESCRIPTION:The Disclosure and Barring Service cuts its fees
  from this date: enhanced from £49.50\, basic and standard f
 rom £21.50\, the Update Service from £16. Umbrella bodies ad
 d their own charge\, so check the new total before you quote
  a client. Source: GOV.UK news story\, DBS reduces fees for 
 checks and Update Service from 5 October 2026\, published 9 
 September 2026\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeo
 lookup.com/recruitment/dbs-check-cost-recruitment-agency-fee
 s-october-2026/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not advi
 ce).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/dbs-check-cost-recruit
 ment-agency-fees-october-2026/
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UID:2026-10-05-talentwright-2@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006
SUMMARY:HMRC reporting quarter 6 July to 5 October ends
DESCRIPTION:Workers supplied and paid without PAYE in this q
 uarter go on the employment intermediary report due on 5 Nov
 ember. Ask limited company contractors and umbrellas for the
 ir details now\, while the engagements are fresh. Source: GO
 V.UK\, Employment intermediaries reporting requirements: wha
 t this means for an intermediary\, updated 30 July 2026\, re
 ad 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/recruitm
 ent/employment-intermediary-report-hmrc-deadline-5-november-
 2026/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-intermediar
 y-report-hmrc-deadline-5-november-2026/
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UID:2026-10-30-talentwright-3@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261031
SUMMARY:Employers must take all reasonable steps to prevent 
 sexual harassment
DESCRIPTION:The Employment Rights Act 2025 duty takes effect
 \, with an obligation not to permit harassment of employees 
 by third parties. An agency employs its temps\, so it needs 
 a reporting route for them that does not run through the hir
 er. Source: GOV.UK\, Plan to Make Work Pay and Employment Ri
 ghts Act: timeline update\, updated 25 September 2026\, read
  1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/recruitmen
 t/employment-rights-act-2025-dates-recruitment-agencies/ (AE
 O Lookup\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-rights-act-
 2025-dates-recruitment-agencies/
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UID:2026-11-05-talentwright-4@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261106
SUMMARY:Employment intermediary report due at HMRC
DESCRIPTION:The report for 6 July to 5 October 2026 must be 
 uploaded by this date. A late report brings an automatic £25
 0 penalty\, rising to £500 and then £1\,000 for repeats with
 in 12 months. Later deadlines are 5 February\, 5 May and 5 A
 ugust. Source: GOV.UK\, Employment intermediaries reporting 
 requirements: what this means for an intermediary\, updated 
 30 July 2026\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolo
 okup.com/recruitment/employment-intermediary-report-hmrc-dea
 dline-5-november-2026/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, n
 ot advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-intermediar
 y-report-hmrc-deadline-5-november-2026/
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UID:2026-11-09-talentwright-5@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261110
SUMMARY:Scotland: six-month tribunal time limit reaches brea
 ch of contract claims
DESCRIPTION:The time limit for bringing an employment tribun
 al claim rose from three months to six on 1 October 2026. Fo
 r breach of employment contract claims in Scotland the chang
 e takes place on this date\, so keep placement files findabl
 e for longer. Source: GOV.UK\, Plan to Make Work Pay and Emp
 loyment Rights Act: timeline update\, updated 25 September 2
 026\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/
 recruitment/employment-rights-act-2025-dates-recruitment-age
 ncies/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-rights-act-
 2025-dates-recruitment-agencies/
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UID:2026-12-31-talentwright-6@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
SUMMARY:Bank Rate on this day sets statutory late payment in
 terest for January to June 2027
DESCRIPTION:Statutory interest on a late business invoice is
  8% over the Bank Rate in force on 31 December\, for debts t
 hat fall late in the six months that follow. Update the rate
  in your final notice letter from 1 January. Source: Late Pa
 yment of Commercial Debts (Rate of Interest) (No. 3) Order 2
 002\, as set out in our guide. The guide: https://aeolookup.
 com/recruitment/client-not-paying-recruitment-fee-late-payme
 nt-interest-letter/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not 
 advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/client-not-paying-recr
 uitment-fee-late-payment-interest-letter/
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UID:2027-01-01-talentwright-7@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102
SUMMARY:Unfair dismissal qualifying period falls to six mont
 hs
DESCRIPTION:The change applies to dismissals from 1 January 
 2027\, and compensatory awards are uncapped. Candidates you 
 place and your own consultants are protected after six month
 s\, so re-read rebate periods and terms of business against 
 the shorter period. Source: GOV.UK\, Plan to Make Work Pay a
 nd Employment Rights Act: timeline update\, updated 25 Septe
 mber 2026\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolooku
 p.com/recruitment/employment-rights-act-2025-dates-recruitme
 nt-agencies/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not advice)
 .
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-rights-act-
 2025-dates-recruitment-agencies/
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UID:2027-01-05-talentwright-8@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270106
SUMMARY:HMRC reporting quarter 6 October to 5 January ends
DESCRIPTION:Workers supplied and paid without PAYE between 6
  October 2026 and 5 January 2027 go on the report due on 5 F
 ebruary 2027. An intermediary that supplied nobody in the qu
 arter must still file a nil report by the deadline. Source: 
 GOV.UK\, Employment intermediaries reporting requirements: w
 hat this means for an intermediary\, updated 30 July 2026\, 
 read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/recrui
 tment/employment-intermediary-report-hmrc-deadline-5-novembe
 r-2026/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-intermediar
 y-report-hmrc-deadline-5-november-2026/
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UID:2027-02-05-talentwright-9@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270206
SUMMARY:Last day to replace the July to October intermediary
  report
DESCRIPTION:A report can be replaced until the next reportin
 g period's deadline. HMRC says it takes into account whether
  an incorrect report was replaced before then without being 
 asked. The report for 6 October to 5 January is due the same
  day. Source: GOV.UK\, Employment intermediaries reporting r
 equirements: what this means for an intermediary\, updated 3
 0 July 2026\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeoloo
 kup.com/recruitment/employment-intermediary-report-hmrc-dead
 line-5-november-2026/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, no
 t advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/employment-intermediar
 y-report-hmrc-deadline-5-november-2026/
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UID:2027-04-01-talentwright-10@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270402
SUMMARY:National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
  change
DESCRIPTION:GOV.UK says the rates change on 1 April every ye
 ar. Re-run every temp's pay rate and margin against the new 
 rates before the first payroll of April. The National Living
  Wage has been £12.71 since 1 April 2026. Source: GOV.UK\, N
 ational Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates\, read 1
  October 2026. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/
 temp-margin-calculator-charge-rate-employer-costs/ (AEO Look
 up\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/temp-margin-calculator
 -charge-rate-employer-costs/
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UID:2027-04-05-talentwright-11@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270405
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270406
SUMMARY:Tax year 2026 to 2027 ends: employer rates in pay ex
 amples go out of date
DESCRIPTION:The employer National Insurance rate and thresho
 lds used in a Key Information Document pay example apply fro
 m 6 April 2026 to 5 April 2027. Rework the example with the 
 2027 to 2028 figures once GOV.UK publishes them. Source: GOV
 .UK\, Rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027\, upda
 ted 1 September 2026\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https
 ://aeolookup.com/recruitment/key-information-document-agency
 -workers-template-what-to-include/ (AEO Lookup\; general inf
 ormation\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/key-information-docume
 nt-agency-workers-template-what-to-include/
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UID:2027-04-06-talentwright-12@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270406
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270407
SUMMARY:Tax year 2027 to 2028 begins: higher company size th
 resholds can first affect IR35
DESCRIPTION:HMRC's manual says 2027/28 is the earliest tax y
 ear in which the higher size thresholds\, £15 million turnov
 er and a £7.5 million balance sheet total\, can affect wheth
 er a client is small. Ask each private client again\, in wri
 ting\, which side of the line it is on. Source: HMRC Employm
 ent Status Manual\, as set out in our guide\; tax year dates
  from GOV.UK\, Rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 20
 27\, read 1 October 2026. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/r
 ecruitment/ir35-recruitment-agencies-fee-payer-umbrella-liab
 ility/ (AEO Lookup\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/ir35-recruitment-agenc
 ies-fee-payer-umbrella-liability/
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UID:2027-06-30-talentwright-13@aeolookup.com
DTSTAMP:20261001T000000Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270701
SUMMARY:Bank Rate on this day sets statutory late payment in
 terest for July to December 2027
DESCRIPTION:The 2002 Order uses the Bank Rate in force on 30
  June for interest that starts to run from 1 July to 31 Dece
 mber. Add 8% to it and update the rate in your final notice 
 letter from 1 July. Source: Late Payment of Commercial Debts
  (Rate of Interest) (No. 3) Order 2002\, as set out in our g
 uide. The guide: https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/client-no
 t-paying-recruitment-fee-late-payment-interest-letter/ (AEO 
 Lookup\; general information\, not advice).
URL:https://aeolookup.com/recruitment/client-not-paying-recr
 uitment-fee-late-payment-interest-letter/
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