Petition · past parliament

Stop agencies and umbrella companies charging workers to process their wages.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Workers are being hit in the pocket by agencies and umbrella companies that charge for processing wages. They sign you up on contracts then make you pay employers NI contributions as well as your own, this practice is killing the construction industry and making many workers decide to leave.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

30 May 2018 Petition opened for signatures
4 Jun 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jun 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.