While umbrellas are being grilled at the moment for their handling of holiday pay, I thought I'd mention another dirty trick I'm surprised my latest agency/umbrella have tried - although it's not worth worrying about.
It was always said you should stay opted in to the Conduct Regulations, and it's surely a no-brainer if you're on an inside or umbrella gig.
So I was shocked this week when the agency's online contract forms wouldn't allow me to tick whether to stay opted in or opt out. I spoke to the agency and told them I want to stay opted in and their response was "It's for the umbrella company to decide and fill in. So you will need to instruct them"........Surely that's not right?????
So to be safe, I did tell the umbrella company and even provided them with a screenshot of how it should look. Guess what, the brolly have opted me out WTF!
So just curious what the expert opinion is on whether it's legal for the agency to put the Opt in/out decision in the hands of the umbrella?
And in the 1 in billion chance that something went to court, surely the court would give more weight to me directly telling the agency I want to stay opted in ?
It was always said you should stay opted in to the Conduct Regulations, and it's surely a no-brainer if you're on an inside or umbrella gig.
So I was shocked this week when the agency's online contract forms wouldn't allow me to tick whether to stay opted in or opt out. I spoke to the agency and told them I want to stay opted in and their response was "It's for the umbrella company to decide and fill in. So you will need to instruct them"........Surely that's not right?????
So to be safe, I did tell the umbrella company and even provided them with a screenshot of how it should look. Guess what, the brolly have opted me out WTF!
So just curious what the expert opinion is on whether it's legal for the agency to put the Opt in/out decision in the hands of the umbrella?
And in the 1 in billion chance that something went to court, surely the court would give more weight to me directly telling the agency I want to stay opted in ?
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