Builders made to utilize ‘umbrella firms’ to receive pay are losing out on pension contributionsAn explosion in the number of construction workers moved into umbrella companies to avoid them appearing as full-time employees is undermining auto enrolment pensions,say unions.
Many of the more than two million people who work on Britain’s construction sites are agency employed, and often “advised” to be paid via an umbrella firm. But their utilize is controversial: unions accuse them of dodging taxes and forcing workers to be “self-employed” when in reality they are employees and deserve full employment rights, and including being enrolled into a pension scheme.
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Source: theguardian.com