Staffing and contract management are the core activities by which Bariton XL offers its clients added value. Bariton XL is ISO9001:2000 certified and is part of IT-Staffing. IT-Staffing is an initiative of a select group of IT recruiting intermediaries, all of which are financially healthy, ISO certified companies with their own unique market positions.

Bariton XL and the other IT-Staffing companies profit from a number of major market trends:

• The major hiring clients (end-clients) conclude volume contracts with a limited number of major software houses, subject to the condition that these software houses only supply workers that are on permanent staff.
• These same major hiring clients conclude brokerage contracts with intermediaries in order to gain access to the third party market and for handling existing contracts with external workers.
• Software houses increasingly take on complete projects.
• Capacity problems are no longer solved by employing large numbers of IT-specialists, but by concluding contracts with intermediaries for any shortages.
• Major end-clients increasingly outsource (part of) their IT-operations entirely to specialized companies.
• These outsourcing specialists conclude contracts with staffing companies to resolve temporary capacity shortages and to handle existing contracts with external workers.

All in all, there are plenty of opportunities for independent contractors. Analysis of current trends shows that more and more companies do wish to contract independent contractors, but that the risk in view of the Wages and Salaries Tax and National Insurance Contributions (Liability of Subcontractors) Act prevents them from contracting such people directly. As one of the participating intermediaries, Bariton XL warrants that these risks are covered correctly and completely.

What can you expect from Bariton XL?

• Quick responses to requests.
• Immediate provision of top-quality experienced professionals.
• An attractive price-quality ratio.
• Making your hiring of external workers manageable through a risk analysis.
• Reducing all risks in the context of the Wages and Salaries Tax and National Insurance Contributions (Liability of Subcontractors) Act.
• Taking over the risks in the context of the Flexibility and Security Act.
• Advice on matters like contract management Clear advance arrangements.
• No unpleasant surprises.

Contract management

Any organization that wants to be well organized is looking for clarity and insight. That has resulted in a wish to better control the procedures and hiring of external workers. Professional contract management is a logical consequence of that. Bariton XL excels in shaping contract management.

In the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that end-clients wish to focus on their core business. The last thing they want is to have to deal with the many diverse contracts with a host of suppliers that result from hiring external workers, let alone the paperwork and the risks involved. Over the past few years, many companies have had unannounced audits from the Tax Office and/or the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV). The Wages and Salaries Tax and National Insurance Contributions (Liability of Subcontractors) Act allowed both organizations could impose additional assessments, which have cost some companies dearly, simply because their suppliers had failed to perform their obligations. Deductions and payment of the applicable taxes and premiums had not always been dealt with correctly.

Contract management is one of the main pillars of Bariton's services. Contract management has many aspects:

• assistance in keeping the total hiring of external workers manageable;
• avoiding all risks in the context of the Wages and Salaries Tax and National Insurance Contributions (Liability of Subcontractors) Act and the Flexibility and Security Act.
• carrying out risk analyses and providing corresponding advice in the area of hiring of external workers.
• taking over administrative tasks, such as contract management and monitoring as well as checking time recording, the invoicing process, etc.

Let's be clear: contract management involves much more than just the hiring of the IT-related job. For Bariton, contract management means both supplying the best IT-professionals and excluding all risks in the area of the Wages and Salaries Tax and National Insurance Contributions (Liability of Subcontractors) Act and the Flexibility and Security Act. We can also do this for other types of positions, such as HRM consultants who invoice from their management companies or self-employed executive secretaries. They, too, are eligible for this type of contract management.

In addition to mutual trust, contract management is based on the way in which the client's administrative department is organized internally. The client will have to draw up clear internal procedures and guidelines concerning hiring of external workers. In traditional companies this is often a time-consuming and difficult process. It may take time and powers of persuasion to change things.

More and more companies have started in recent years to employ a contract management party or broker in addition to a number of major software houses/integrators to handle the 'other hiring in', such as freelances/self-employed people or smaller suppliers. In this way, the client remains flexible in its use of the services of freelances, self-employed people and other small suppliers (for example specialist companies), but has the administrative and contract handling be done by a contract management party for a fixed hourly fee. This takes away all the paperwork and any uncertainty, and ensures that there is only one point of contact.

Contract management centres around a number of starting points:

• Limited overhead costs
• There is a financial obligation only during the term of the contract.
• Direct payments in order to reduce the prefinancing costs.
• The client agrees to pay 40% of all invoices into Bariton's G-account. Bariton saves the client the costs of preparing an audit opinion; after all, the client is thus protected against any form of additional assessment.
• Taking away the need for audit opinions saves audit costs.

Several companies have already put their trust in Bariton and have outsourced the hiring of external workers to Bariton. If you are interested in this kind of services or you would just like to have more information, please contact our account management without obligation. Please see the contact details for further information.

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