Is it worth going to a ET over £130

pop_gun

Is it worth going to an employment tribunal for £130.

This relates to payroll company who fleeced me and a colleague.
The sum of money is small and I would look to get the money back from my agency as the payroll company would ignore any CCJ I got from this.

heretolearn_2

It sounds like this is one of these agency 'self employed' to reduce your tax, arrangements. In which case, no one employed you, so employment tribunal is irrelevant.

You might try small claims court, but against which company I couldn't say.

Googlewhacker

Can you provide some more info please.

DCFC79

pop_gun wrote: »

What it sounds like is irrelevant. What it is, is exactly what I put in my post. If you were in possession of the family brain cell you'd realise I wouldn't need a payroll company if I were self employed. If you had two brain cells you'd be able to deduce they (the payroll company) were acting as my employer.

No need for that is there, the forum etiquette applies to everyone on here and not just newbies,

heretolearn_2

What a charmer, lol.

DCFC79

heretolearn wrote: »

What a charmer, lol.

A real charmer indeed,

DVardysShadow

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/profile.php?do=addlist&userlist=ignore&u=952819

heretolearn_2

Anyone interested enough might like to look at his thread at
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3810397

in which the OP asks about the exact situation I talked about and seems very confused about how it all works.

But life goes on, my poor ego is feeling unstroked for 5 minutes so must go and find the cat for reciprocal stroking, another poster for the ignore list then. Ta ta. Farewell. Sob sob. Stroke me! Stroke me! Anyone! I demand a good stroking!

Pricivius

If the OP is an employee, then he can go to the ET with his £130 claim. Has this been done before for such a small sum? Yes - bringing a claim in the ET is fee-free so apart from the time it takes to fill in the form, you can bring a claim for nothing. Bear in mind though that if your claim is spurious you can have costs awarded against you, although it is unusual. Also consider the time and trouble if the company defends it of the disclosure process and then the hearing.

Your claim needs to be brought against your employer - if you had an umbrella company then this must be them. You are unlikely to have a contract with the agency - instead, the agency contracts with the company you worked at and the umbrella who employed you. The agency usually has no obligation towards you. Your contract of employment should be with the umbrella and this is who you should claim against. But make sure your claim is valid...