Umbrella company - not a normal question!

[GillsMan]

Pay the fee's what?

Damnit, that's what I was going to post.

[Sausage Surprise]

we pay the fee's

Pay the fee's what?

[northernladuk]

For that kind of rate sounds more like you should be going to a temping agency.

[Vallah]

hi Lisa, that's what I'm hearing, thanks for the reply....looks like we'll have to up the hourly rate.

Paperboys eh, they want the world on a plate!

[n5gooner]

Sorry n5gooner but you'll find that all of the major umbrella companies will give you the same answer. From the £6 per hour that's agreed in the contract the umbrella company has to pay employer's national insurance and also has to make a profit so the salary that they would be able to pay their employee would be under minimum wage and therefore, if they chose to do it they would be breaking the law.

hi Lisa, that's what I'm hearing, thanks for the reply....looks like we'll have to up the hourly rate.

[n5gooner]

Is it not a bit mean of you to refuse to pay a fee to process the payroll but you expect someone on £6 ph to pay umbrella fees?

we pay the fee's

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Sorry n5gooner but you'll find that all of the major umbrella companies will give you the same answer. From the £6 per hour that's agreed in the contract the umbrella company has to pay employer's national insurance and also has to make a profit so the salary that they would be able to pay their employee would be under minimum wage and therefore, if they chose to do it they would be breaking the law.

[kingcook]

we want to take a new chap on, at a rate of £6ph

Have you thought about smuggling someone in from China. You could probably make £5K in smuggling fees, and only pay them £1.50/hr?

[ASB]

Sounds to me like you've got 7p an hour to play with. Assuming a forty hour week, you need to find a company who'll process everything for £2.80. Good luck.

Better hope it's not 37.5 hours then. Already under NMW after Er's NI comes out...

[Vallah]

Sounds to me like you've got 7p an hour to play with. Assuming a forty hour week, you need to find a company who'll process everything for £2.80. Good luck.

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

Is it not a bit mean of you to refuse to pay a fee to process the payroll but you expect someone on £6 ph to pay umbrella fees?

[n5gooner]

we don't want employees, also our accountant want to charge us extra for this.

[Clare@InTouch]

Can you not have your own payroll set up, and pay him direct?

[n5gooner]

Hi All,

We use an umbrella company to 'employ' three contractors, we want to take a new chap on, at a rate of £6ph, our existing umbrella company says they can't employ him because after they have taken their fee he'll be on less than minimum wage.

Does anyone know of a company who can help? Our existing company's name is D*nb*o

Many thanks

Gooner.