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Author:  grandad [ Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Here is one for you!
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?
Author:  taxitone [ Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:35 pm ]
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how was the first company owner to know he was on benefits
Author:  Sussex [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here is one for you!
grandad wrote:
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?

Yes.

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

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nmw/complaint.htm
Author:  grumpy [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:38 am ]
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is it not the case that the employer is dealt with more harshly than the "employee"? could be a sore one for Company A
Author:  skippy41 [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:18 am ]
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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
Author:  toots [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:38 am ]
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skippy41 wrote:
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
Author:  grandad [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:18 am ]
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taxitone wrote:
how was the first company owner to know he was on benefits


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.
Author:  grandad [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Here is one for you!
Sussex wrote:
grandad wrote:
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?

Yes.

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

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


Thanks Sussex, I will pass this information to him.
Author:  grandad [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:31 am ]
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skippy41 wrote:
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


:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:18 am ]
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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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