OPRaaS Self -Certification in Labour Supply Chain Assurance
Introduction

Module 1 - Introduction to Labour Supply Chain Assurance

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Welcome

In today’s fast-paced and complex business environment, ensuring compliance across your labour supply chain is not just a legal obligation—it’s a critical safeguard against significant risks to your organisation’s reputation, finances, and workforce integrity.

Managing Intermediaries (e.g., Category A & B suppliers; agencies and umbrella companies) requires navigating a web of legal, financial, and ethical responsibilities that are more pressing than ever.

Failure to assure your labour supply chain exposes your organisation to serious risks, including:

  • Financial Penalties: Non-compliance with Pay As You Earn (PAYE), Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), and tax regulations can result in costly fines and investigations by HMRC.

  • Reputational Damage: Allegations of worker exploitation, Modern Slavery, or unethical practices can tarnish your brand and erode stakeholder trust.

  • Criminal Liability: Under the Criminal Finances Act 2017, your organisation can be held accountable for failing to prevent tax evasion or financial fraud within your supply chain.

  • Operational Disruption: Gaps in compliance or supplier oversight can lead to significant disruptions, legal battles, and lost business opportunities.

This course is specifically designed for HR, Tax, Procurement, Recruitment and Payroll professionals like you, equipping you with the knowledge and tools to mitigate these risks and build a compliant, ethical, and transparent labour supply chain.

What You Will Learn

We will guide you through essential areas, including:

  • Compliance in Temporary Labour Payroll: Understanding PAYE and CIS obligations and ensuring accurate and compliant payroll processes.

  • Managing Contingent Workforce Payments: Ensuring all payments align with UK tax and employment laws.

  • Risk Assessment in the Labour Supply Chain: Identifying vulnerabilities and implementing due diligence to safeguard against modern slavery, worker exploitation, and tax evasion.

  • Compliance Documentation: Ensuring all necessary records are in place to demonstrate compliance during audits or inspections.

Why This Matters

In today’s regulatory landscape, proactively managing risk in your labour supply chain is not optional—it’s essential. By completing this course, you’ll gain the expertise to:

  • Mitigate compliance breaches and reduce/eliminate the associated risks.

  • Enhance operational integrity by ensuring supplier and workforce accountability.

  • Protect your organisation’s reputation and financial stability.

  • Promote ethical practices and align with industry best standards.

Let’s crack on to securing a more compliant, ethical, and risk-resilient labour supply chain!

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OPRaaS LSCA Self-Certification Audit Document

A full OPRaaS Labour Supply Chain Assurance Self Certification Audit document will become available to download in Module 3 upon purchase of this course.

This Audit Spreadsheet (a Microsoft Excel document) can be used alongside this course as part of your own due diligence and assurance procedures and also provides space to answer the questions you are encouraged to “Ask Yourself” within each of the modules.

Find links to supplementary info you may find useful in this section of each module.