Am I being paranoid here?
Just had a chat with someone about a full time job. Pay is £9 per hour for class 2 but it is paid via an umbrella company. Now this is not an agency, it’s a small firm that runs it’s own trucks, they have an operators licence for 8 of them and they seem legit.
However, I have never heard of a company employee being paid via an umbrella scheme.
Any thoughts?
Bacon Sandwich:
Am I being paranoid here?Just had a chat with someone about a full time job. Pay is £9 per hour for class 2 but it is paid via an umbrella company. Now this is not an agency, it’s a small firm that runs it’s own trucks, they have an operators licence for 8 of them and they seem legit.
However, I have never heard of a company employee being paid via an umbrella scheme.
Any thoughts?
IANAE but wouldn’t such an arrangement fall foul of IR35?
Bacon Sandwich:
Am I being paranoid here?Just had a chat with someone about a full time job. Pay is £9 per hour for class 2 but it is paid via an umbrella company. Now this is not an agency, it’s a small firm that runs it’s own trucks, they have an operators licence for 8 of them and they seem legit.
However, I have never heard of a company employee being paid via an umbrella scheme.
Any thoughts?
That driver may have wanted it, I used an umbrella for a specific reason and it can save you money and be worth it, but it does take away a safety net of being an employee…depends on you and how well you get on with the new boss and how much you want to save money
3 wheeler:
That driver may have wanted it, I used an umbrella for a specific reason and it can save you money and be worth it, but it does take away a safety net of being an employee…depends on you and how well you get on with the new boss and how much you want to save money
Do you still get SSP and holiday pay?
No idea how I’d get on with them, I haven’t met them yet. I take it from what you’ve said that if you don’t get on with them, or get asked to do jobs you wouldn’t send a dog to do, and refuse, it could have ramifications?
You will not get holiday pay. The way you would get holiday pay is they deduct this from your earnings and then pay you it back…so you are paying your own holiday pay.
Stay away from that haulage company.
I can see how this can save the firm money, but have no idea how it can save the “employee” (since you’re not one) any money unless you are absolutely coining it in.
£9ph doesn’t warrant it - that’s for sure. Try double that. 