Agency outsourcing payroll

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wst

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3,494 posts

160 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Outsourcing payroll is fairly standard. It's always been "company that I'm physically working for" sends info to "agency", and the agency would just pass info on to a payroll company and job's a goodun.

This one that I'm starting with (Again) on Monday used to do that. But now it seems that the company they use lets me claim back travel expenses (45p/mile) and food (£5 when I spend between 5-10 hours at work, or £10 for more, £15 if I have to get a meal for the way home or something. Anyway)...

The maths on this means I'd be claiming ~£22 a day (distance and lunch), I have no gripes with that. But er, they're charging £15 a week. So... what's the catch. Is there one? I've never done this sort of thing exactly before.

Apparently I can't claim if I don't expect to work for this company after this specific job is over? What if I do sort of expect to work for them after this specific job but Richard Branson lands his balloon in my garden and offers me a job? Or what if the agency doesn't find anything for me after this job is over, am I expected to sit on my arse and wait, or can I work for someone else without penalty? These are the only worrying sorta things for me about this as far as I can tell...

everyeggabird

351 posts

105 months

Friday 5th June 2015
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The dreaded Umbrella companies.
Just bend over and take it like a man,it is a massive con.When they are asked for an explanation into their random deductions they just lay on the bullst with a trowel and hope we will go away and stop asking awkward questions.

If anybody thinks I am being a drama queen I will happily email them a scan of a payslip.It is baffling.

Edited by everyeggabird on Friday 5th June 22:15

amusingduck

9,396 posts

135 months

Thursday 11th June 2015
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everyeggabird said:
The dreaded Umbrella companies.
Just bend over and take it like a man,it is a massive con.When they are asked for an explanation into their random deductions they just lay on the bullst with a trowel and hope we will go away and stop asking awkward questions.

If anybody thinks I am being a drama queen I will happily email them a scan of a payslip.It is baffling.

Edited by everyeggabird on Friday 5th June 22:15
I'd be interested in having a peek if you don't mind

wst

Original Poster:

3,494 posts

160 months

Thursday 11th June 2015
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Luckily for me it was not a high-paying job (not enough to start thinking "an accountant would be worth it") and even luckier for me, I was crap at it and was asked to leave (I might've said something along the lines of "I won't quit but this is not going well" to the boss there, he understood...), so I'm out from under the umbrella.

Still, stank of bad fish. I might be a little bit better off than if the agency did my pay like they used to but I don't think I'd want to go near it with a bargepole longer-term.

remkingston

472 posts

146 months

Thursday 11th June 2015
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Set up a limited company and invoice your agency directly. There may be an admin charge but it will be no where near the cost of an umbrella company.

For example, we have an admin fee of £2.50 per a payment for our Own Ltd company process. This covers the overhead of our accounts and payroll staff as well as all the fees and interest in handling the payments.

If that isn't an option offered then change agencies.


There have been some massive changes over the past 12 months with regards to umbrella companies. It looks like in 2016 that a lot of their methods will be closed effectively banning them.

Happy to help further if you want to drop me an email; rem (at) dcer (dot) co.uk

everyeggabird

351 posts

105 months

Saturday 20th June 2015
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amusingduck said:
everyeggabird said:
The dreaded Umbrella companies.
Just bend over and take it like a man,it is a massive con.When they are asked for an explanation into their random deductions they just lay on the bullst with a trowel and hope we will go away and stop asking awkward questions.

If anybody thinks I am being a drama queen I will happily email them a scan of a payslip.It is baffling.

Edited by everyeggabird on Friday 5th June 22:15
I'd be interested in having a peek if you don't mind
You got mail.