Another agency wheeze

[andy187]

part of an email i received from an agency i use very very occasionally (once every month)

Good Morning All

Please remember I need either your proof of drivers negligence policy or a signed form back. If you do not respond by close of play tomorrow, we will automatically enrol you into our policy and £4 a week (when worked ) will be deducted from your pay.

so for me £4 a shift… ie 50p an hour off sunday rate … making it £16 hour

my usual agency will not charge us, still get good rate m-f
and any drivers that have an incident at regular place i work at are reassessed and if fail are no longer requested

[truckbling]

About 9 years ago an agency I was working for sent me a similar message. When I asked what it was for he said it was to help cover all the damage the drivers had been doing. This was damage from the new batch of Polish drivers that he hired so I pointed out that I had never caused any damage and would not be subsidising those that did. Needless to say it was never deducted from my money.

Obviously many drivers just accept this and therefore make it more difficult for the newer agency drivers to get away with refusing to pay.

Same old story though, if all agency drivers say no then it will go away pretty ■■■■ quick.

[war1974]

seeing as I would think most agencies will have someone on here in some guise why not name and shame the company and branch?

without any idea it is them or their policies nothing will change. at the very least it means other can swerve filling in form for over an hour.

[dan_dare]

If you work for this agency on a regular basis. Do the math. Say fifty weeks per year, five days a week, at a £1 per shift = £250.

[the_nodding_donkey]

andy187:
part of an email i received from an agency i use very very occasionally (once every month)

Good Morning All

Please remember I need either your proof of drivers negligence policy or a signed form back. If you do not respond by close of play tomorrow, we will automatically enrol you into our policy and £4 a week (when worked ) will be deducted from your pay.

so for me £4 a shift… ie 50p an hour off sunday rate … making it £16 hour

my usual agency will not charge us, still get good rate m-f
and any drivers that have an incident at regular place i work at are reassessed and if fail are no longer requested

Is this for PAYE or self employed work?

[blue_estate]

dozy:
surely £1 per shift to a agency driver is neither here nor there

Dozy that’s a gallon of fuel if done over 5
days

[speedyguy]

blue estate:

dozy:
surely £1 per shift to a agency driver is neither here nor there

Dozy that’s a gallon of fuel if done over 5
days

Careful these agencies will be billing you for any fuel the vehicle uses whilst you’re on shift next

[blue_estate]

speedyguy:

blue estate:

dozy:
surely £1 per shift to a agency driver is neither here nor there

Dozy that’s a gallon of fuel if done over 5
days

Careful these agencies will be billing you for any fuel the vehicle uses whilst you’re on shift next

Robbing Gits

[ramon123]

peirre:
Name and shame this outfit

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Come on spill the beans !

[conor]

andy187:
part of an email i received from an agency i use very very occasionally (once every month)

Good Morning All

Please remember I need either your proof of drivers negligence policy or a signed form back. If you do not respond by close of play tomorrow, we will automatically enrol you into our policy and £4 a week (when worked ) will be deducted from your pay.

so for me £4 a shift… ie 50p an hour off sunday rate … making it £16 hour

I’d be phoning them and telling them to remove you from their books.