£10 agency weekly fee?

john324

Hi money savers,

I've been working a job agency for over a year now and wanted to know if the £10 weekly fee they deducted from my pay was correct.
This fee is deducted from my take home pay after I pay tax and NI on it.
Is this allowed and can I claim the tax back?

Any help would be appreciated.

lynzpower

I have never heard of this
What is this fee suppposed to be for?

john324

Apparently its supposed to be some admin fee for processing the wages which are paid by PAYE.

dmg24

Is it a normal agency or an umbrella company?

mcjordi

i was never charged any sort of fee when i worked through an agency

did you get them to get steel toe cap boots or equipment perhaps its that

i know prime time charged a fortune for steel toe cap boots which could be had in asda for £10er ish

john324

Don't think its a umbrella company. It's part of a much bigger privately owned company.

Contractors have to provide their own steel toe cap boots.

lynzpower

is this a household name eg reed/ select etc?

dmg24

john324 wrote: »

Don't think its a umbrella company. It's part of a much bigger privately owned company.

That doesn't make a difference. We can't give any constructive help with such limited information.

john324

The agency in question is called SCR. Its part of the SCH group.

dmg24

SCR are an umbrella company.

zzzLazyDaisy

There is a lot of information for agency workers here:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/employment/employment-agencies/index.html

If you cannot find the answer to your question, you can scroll down to the bottom and complete the enquiry form.