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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Transfer a Worker Between Related Companies (UK)

Transfer a Worker Between Related Companies (UK)

  • The HR administrator has transferred the worker to the new company.
  • For the UK Employer Reference:
    • Use the
      View UK Employer Reference Details
      report to check if the companies are linked. If they aren’t, use the
      Edit UK Employer Reference Details
      task to:
      • Add the company in the
        Related Companies
        field.
      • Set the
        Include Values from Related Companies Start Date
        to the start of the current tax year, if there is no date set.
    • Check that pay balances and pay accumulations, especially their filter worktags, work for transfers between companies.
    • The companies you're transferring between are recorded as related companies.
    • All related companies have the same company pensions auto-enrolment details.
Transfer a worker between related companies, under the same UK Employer Reference, without having to terminate and rehire them.
To do a mass transfer of workers, use these web services to update worker details in the new company:
  • Tax Details
    • Get Payroll Payee NIs
    • Get Payroll Payee Postgraduate Loans
    • Get Payroll Payee Student Loans
    • Get Payee Tax Codes
    • Put Payroll Payee NI
    • Put Payroll Payee Postgraduate Loan
    • Put Payroll Payee Student Loan
    • Put Payee Tax Code
  • RTI
    • Get Payroll Payee RTIs
    • Put Payroll Payee RTI
  • Pension Auto-Enrolment
    • Get Worker Pensions Auto Enrolment Details
    • Get Pensions Auto Enrolment External Assessment History
    • Put Worker Pensions Auto Enrolment Details
    • Put Pensions Auto Enrolment External Assessment History
  1. Ensure that worker's
    Company
    is the new one.
    Review the worker's record to check that the
    Apply HMRC Notifications
    task applied their latest tax details.
  2. (Optional) If the worker has any court orders, revise or edit them to refer to the new company.
Workday includes the worker when you next run payroll for their new company.