Hi,
I own a business where all the staff are self employed as and when jobs come up.
I used an agency to provide staff but the staff they sent were unsuitable but were used because of staff shortages. I paid for said staff and had no problems at all.
The next day the agency sent only 1 staff member when there was meant to be two - however the one sent was good at his job.
My manager spoke to the managing director of the agency and raised our issues to which an argument broke out that ended in her stating "so lets call it a day then" to which my manager agreed - however she now states she didnt say that BUT after that conversation she didnt send anymore staff.
A few days after that the good staff member approached us and asked if we had any work - to which we replied yes but that we werent working with the agency anymore so he would have to check it over with them first.
He replied that he was self employed and just did some casual work for he wasnt paid cash in hand but she used to make transfers to his bank for the work he did - she never asked him for NI numbers or tax codes.
we gave him some work but the agency has now invoiced us for £2000 for a fine for "solitication of staff"??
We also never signed a contract with her as she claims there wasnt time and although a contract was mentioned and we recieved a copy this solicitation clause was never even brought up.
She is now saying she is going to take us to court for the money?
She can't do this can she??
Thanks in Advance
I own a business where all the staff are self employed as and when jobs come up.
I used an agency to provide staff but the staff they sent were unsuitable but were used because of staff shortages. I paid for said staff and had no problems at all.
The next day the agency sent only 1 staff member when there was meant to be two - however the one sent was good at his job.
My manager spoke to the managing director of the agency and raised our issues to which an argument broke out that ended in her stating "so lets call it a day then" to which my manager agreed - however she now states she didnt say that BUT after that conversation she didnt send anymore staff.
A few days after that the good staff member approached us and asked if we had any work - to which we replied yes but that we werent working with the agency anymore so he would have to check it over with them first.
He replied that he was self employed and just did some casual work for he wasnt paid cash in hand but she used to make transfers to his bank for the work he did - she never asked him for NI numbers or tax codes.
we gave him some work but the agency has now invoiced us for £2000 for a fine for "solitication of staff"??
We also never signed a contract with her as she claims there wasnt time and although a contract was mentioned and we recieved a copy this solicitation clause was never even brought up.
She is now saying she is going to take us to court for the money?
She can't do this can she??
Thanks in Advance
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