2 month contract with BT

[WTFH]

That's what crb checks are for.

So, why do they want to see his bank statements?

[JozefBlofeld]

Rubbish. You can have a B2B contract but vet the risk of the individual going on site.

Garbage. You've never worked for one of the major consultancies have you? They don't produce their individual's bank statements when putting workers (employee or contractor) onto client site.

[JozefBlofeld]

I'd say this is rubbish as well.

You worked in a bank and put yourself inside IR35 because you were asked to provide a personal bank statement to prove you weren't in jail when you were on the bench ? Really ?

Your words, not mine.

You never produced bank statements for a gig? Well jolly well done you !

[fidot]

So, why do they want to see his bank statements?

I literally have no idea why they would ask. That is my whole point. They don't prove anything anyway. If there is a requirement to check for a criminal record, CRB is a more comprehensive check, which is being performed anyway.

[WTFH]

I literally have no idea why they would ask. That is my whole point.

Exactly.
So you're prepared to argue that anyone who suggests possible reasons is completely wrong, based on you having no idea.

[northernladuk]

Garbage. You've never worked for one of the major consultancies have you? They don't produce their individual's bank statements when putting workers (employee or contractor) onto client site.

That is because they have a completely different legal framework around their engagement and that framework will take in to account the relevant risk factors of that engagement. I don't know the exact details but there will be all sorts of overarching legal agreements and due to the size of the companies involved some of that risk can be transferred or dealt with at a high level than individuals.

You simply cannot compare the risk approach of a large company bidding on fixed price work to a one man band that has zero notice and can close his company at the drop of a hat. They need different approaches and in a one man company it's going to be belt and braces which means assessing the risk of every person that walks through the door.

Claiming a client carrying out due diligence on an individual makes the B2B agreement a sham is ridiculous. The same individual is likely to have to go through H&S and IT policy processes when they get there. Does that make them employees as well?

[fidot]

Exactly.
So you're prepared to argue that anyone who suggests possible reasons is completely wrong, based on you having no idea.

No, I'm not disagreeing that they might be asking for this reason. I'm merely pointing out that it doesn't prove anything and that there is a better way (CRB) anyway.

[LondonManc]

I literally have no idea why they would ask. That is my whole point. They don't prove anything anyway. If there is a requirement to check for a criminal record, CRB is a more comprehensive check, which is being performed anyway.

Doesn't exist, so no use whatsoever.

[radish2008]

I literally have no idea why they would ask. That is my whole point. They don't prove anything anyway. If there is a requirement to check for a criminal record, CRB is a more comprehensive check, which is being performed anyway.

And 2 sets of checks have never overlapped when hiring someone into a contract have they ...

[Cirrus]

Considering the number of sarcastic responses I have seen on other threads, this doesn't seem to be a good place to post questions. I will find another forum where the users are less interested in being trolls.

You get trolled because your post smells of entitlement. Contractors are used to standing on their own two feet. They have to cope with the whims and scummy behaviours of clients. It's permies and the underclass who always think someone else is tasked with sorting out problems.

Your original post didn't question the legality as much as pose the question "Can I use some law to stop them pushing me around yet still give me the job I want?"

As long as you adopt that permie attitude you will attract derision here, and quite likely elsewhere.