Hi,
I have about ten weeks pay outstanding from my umbrella company for various short term assignments over the last few months. A handful have been paid. This is because the agency I am working though hasn't paid the umbrella. I have tried speaking to the agency directly, but have got nowhere (E-mails and telephone calls have been mostly ignored). I have now taken this up with my umbrella company, and will be going down the grievance/ACAS route. I have found out plenty of other contractors also haven't been paid. I suspect the agency may well soon go in to administration. As I understand it, if they do, I will only be entitled to minimum pay from my umbrella for the hours I have worked. I have two questions regarding this - is this correct, and if so, can I claim travel time as hours worked? The travel is simply to get to the place of work (often multiple sites per day). Needless to say I won't be doing any more work for this agency.
Thanks.
I have about ten weeks pay outstanding from my umbrella company for various short term assignments over the last few months. A handful have been paid. This is because the agency I am working though hasn't paid the umbrella. I have tried speaking to the agency directly, but have got nowhere (E-mails and telephone calls have been mostly ignored). I have now taken this up with my umbrella company, and will be going down the grievance/ACAS route. I have found out plenty of other contractors also haven't been paid. I suspect the agency may well soon go in to administration. As I understand it, if they do, I will only be entitled to minimum pay from my umbrella for the hours I have worked. I have two questions regarding this - is this correct, and if so, can I claim travel time as hours worked? The travel is simply to get to the place of work (often multiple sites per day). Needless to say I won't be doing any more work for this agency.
Thanks.
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