Some organisations have changed their recruitment strategies to target permanent employees in place of off-payroll contractors or moving personal service company (PSC) contractors onto their payroll to avoid having to consider the off-payroll working rules; this was also considered a means of reducing costs and providing more stability to the workforce. However, these figures were low with an average of 6% moving contractors onto payrolls.

A change in legislation from April 2017 placed the responsibility for the assessment of employment status of off-payroll workers on public sector employers.