D-BIT

Every pay run ends in the same place: a set of numbers that has to reach the general ledger before finance can close the month. For labour hire and recruitment teams, the question was never whether payroll ran.

Most GTOs are probably carrying a few placements that are quietly losing money, without anyone able to point to them. The usual cause is an apprentice moving up a level: the pay rate lifts on schedule, but the rate charged to the host can stay where it was, and the margin narrows without a single error showing up anywhere.

July is one of the busiest onboarding months of the year.