Advice: client is not paying for a contracting job

[Old Greg]

I am not sure about sue - people don't generally sue their employers but I suppose so. The way forward if the umbrella company won't act is probably to instigate an employment tribunal. The umbrella company is contractually obliged to make a salary payment to you once a month regardless of whether or not they've been paid so it's in their interests to chase the debt but if they don't then an employment tribunal would enable the contractor to cite the umbrella company, agency and end client - the tribunal judge would then sort it out.

Then is a tribunal the OP's answer?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Then is a tribunal the OP's answer?

If all other avenues have been exhausted then I would say it makes the most sense

[Safe Collections]

Yes but... What happens if the umbrella can't be bothered chasing the debt on the workers behalf? Does the worker have any comeback?

It depends on the umbrella in our experience.

We have acted for umbrellas in recovery, but conversely we have seen instances when the brolly has just downed tools and assigned the debt to the individual contractor. Leaving the contractor to try and recover the funds.