Petition Ban the use of umbrella companies in the rail industry

Umbrella companies must be banned as the care for workers is being further broken down amongst parties within the supply chain. This could help to ensure that employers continue to assume full responsibility for workers. This could also help to ensure that pay rates are inclusive of all deductions.

More details

IR35 has pushed contractors/agencies towards the reliance on Umbrella companies to take on employer liability, and this can lead to the avoidance of IR35 scrutiny. As a result, this incurs additional deductions on workers rates such as Employers NI, Apprenticeship Levy (which isn't practical for the circumstances) as well as Payroll margin (which Umbrella companies claim to make a profit). This can reduce workers’ pay drastically as well as increase the volatility of the industry.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

115 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 115 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 4 November 2021
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.