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Open Require agencies and employers to pay umbrella and payroll processing fees

Created by James Grant
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Change the law so workers, agency workers and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) subcontractors cannot be charged fees just to receive their pay. I am charged £25 a week. If an agency, hirer or employer requires a payroll or umbrella company, the business should pay the fee.

I work as a self-employed subcontractor under CIS and am charged £25 every week by a payment company just to receive money I have earned. Others I know are charged £27.45 a week. That can mean over £1,000 a year in compulsory payment-processing fees. Where an agency, hirer or employer requires a payroll, umbrella or payment company, the business should pay that cost, not the worker.

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