Petition · past parliament
Make Umbrella pay schemes illegal - They shortchange those working for agencies.
Closed
53 signatures
What the petition asks
I hope to help not just myself but, other's in a similar situation. I have been contracting via agencies for sometime, and each week I am paid by an "Umbrella Pay Scheme" (Recruitment Agencies middleman). This scheme deducts their "margin" of £30.00 weekly from my pay along with *other deductions.
The con-trick has been engineered by Recruitment Agencies, whereby the pay-rate they initially promised to their temp/contract worker is greatly reduced due to them using "Umbrella Pay Schemes" to pay their employees.
Unfair pay Con
Payslips are often confusing and the cost of employers’ national insurance and processing pay is then passed onto the temp/contractor by the "Umbrella Payment Scheme;" all because the R/A's don't want to shoulder the burden of being the actual *'employer.'
Unfair pay Con
Payslips are often confusing and the cost of employers’ national insurance and processing pay is then passed onto the temp/contractor by the "Umbrella Payment Scheme;" all because the R/A's don't want to shoulder the burden of being the actual *'employer.'
Timeline
| 1 Dec 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jun 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
53
Status
Closed
Opened
1 Dec 2015
Closed
1 Jun 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.