Umbrella Services. Please note that Zarak Recruitment will never recommend umbrella services to its contractors and locums.  Our trade association, APSCo, provides a list of umbrella services providers which they have vetted according to particular criteria and further information may be found at http://www.apsco.org/Affiliates/Affiliates_list.aspx  This list is provided to Zarak Recruitment's contractors and locums but they are also advised to make their own checks before signing up with any provider.  If you are an umbrella service provider and would like to become an affiliate member of APSCo, please contact them directly on 0845 8997 388.

PAYE workers are entitled to paid holiday.  Please remember that it is your responsibility to know when your holiday year expires and to have taken all your leave within that 12 month period.  Your holiday year is always the anniversary of when you started your current period of engagement with us and will be on your contract.  Your payslip reminds you of this date and shows how much holiday pay you have accrued and taken in decimal weeks.  We can only pay holiday pay to you when you actually take holidays or when you leave us and ask for your P45 - you need to request any outstanding holiday pay entitlement from us at that time.  If you would like to take holiday, please arrange to take time off with the client and notify your Consultant or contact the Zarak Recruitment Payroll Team payroll@zarakrecruitment.com

Timesheets and Payroll Deadlines

Zarak Recruitment's payroll is run every Tuesday at 12 noon unless it follows a Bank Holiday.  We need to have a signed timesheet for your previous week's hours, or if you work for a client with an automated system, your manager needs to have approved your hours by this time in order for you to get paid.  We use the BACS payment system so money sent on a Tuesday will reach your account or your Limited Company's account by Friday.  If you use an umbrella company you will need to contact them to ascertain when they will transfer the funds to your account.  Occasionally we run a second payroll on a Thursday at 12 noon with monies arriving in accounts the following Monday.  Holiday payroll deadlines are published well in advance - please see the News section of this website for further information.

Click here to download the Zarak Recruitment timesheet PDF.  

Holiday Pay

PAYE workers are entitled to paid holiday.  Please remember that it is your responsibility to know when your holiday year expires and to have taken all your leave within that 12 month period.  Your holiday year is always the anniversary of when you started your current period of engagement with us and will be on your contract.  Your payslip reminds you of this date and shows how much holiday pay you have accrued and taken in decimal weeks.  We can only pay holiday pay to you when you actually take holidays or when you leave us and ask for your P45 - you need to request any outstanding holiday pay entitlement from us at that time.  If you would like to take holiday, please arrange to take time off with the client and notify your consultant or contact the Zarak Recruitment Payroll Team payroll@zarakrecruitment.com

Expenses

Expenses can only be submitted on the correct forms with supporting receipts and approval from your manager.  If you are claiming mileage then you must have supplied us with the correct business motor insurance certification in advance.  Please note that some companies and local authorities impose a strict weekly cap (for example £50) on expenses and even an expiry date after which they won't allow them to be paid so please make sure that you process any expenses speedily.  For further information please speak to your Consultant.