Taxi Driver Online

Adriver in my area has asked me for some advice.
Basically he left one of the local taxi firms to join another one. Whilst he was working for the first firm he was claiming benefits and not declairing his earnings from the taxi office. The office were paying him £3.50 an hour for working the switch and cleaning cars.
Somewhere along the way since he left this first job it would appear that someone got upset and grassed him up to the social. He was interviewed earlier this week and he had to admit everything. The man from the social had a list of payments made to him going back to 2007. Now he knows that he has been a naughty boy and he has reported the fact that he will be getting prosecuted to the licensing officer.
he thinks that it was someone at the first company that informed on him because he left the company.
The question is, Can the company be done for employing him, a, whilst knowing he was on benefits and b, not paying the minimum wage?

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Grandad,

how was the first company owner to know he was on benefits

Yes.

There is an on-line form you can fill in.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/complaint.htm

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IDFIMH

is it not the case that the employer is dealt with more harshly than the "employee"? could be a sore one for Company A

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My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

Dear social, due to company A not paying me the full wage I was entitled to, I had to claim benefits to make my wage up
I also worked every weekend and should have been paid at time and a half till 12PM Saturday, and double time the rest of the weekend,
Not forgetting all the unsocial hours over the recommended EU recommended 39 hour week
I normally worked a min of 70 hours per week, and never received any paid holidays

PS, I was not the only one

That's very Skippy but at the end of the day the guy claimed the wrong benefit. He should have claimed working tax benefit

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

That is an easy one.
He used to be a driver for them but he got deep vein thrombosis and was unable to drive. As he was classed by the company as self employed he was unable to claim sickness benefit but he claimed other benefits including housing benefit. He was unable to drive for quite a while because of the thrombosis.
It was because he was claiming benefits that they were able to get away with the £3.50 per hour. It was cash in hand, this suited both parties at the time. There were no payslips.

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Grandad,

Thanks Sussex, I will pass this information to him.

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Grandad,

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Grandad,

He would have been entitled to tax credit payments, so the actual amount of any "fraud" is a lot lower than any figure he may have calculated, in fact he needs to point this out to any investigating officer

the firm was paying below the NMW, they need reporting just for that!

his old firm are paying cash wages to avoid the employers NI contributions, HMRC need to be told and maybe about any other fiddle THEY are on too......

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most