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Illegal confiscation of wages?
A man has applied for a semi-skilled job. Of its type, there are few and far about and wages very low due to pressure from temporary workers from abroad. He has been offered a job by an Agency who tell him the first two weeks will be unpaid. This may be a cunning way of getting round regulations, effectively confiscating his wages - which the employer is legally bound to pay. The Agency by this device is charging him a fee? Is this a well-known dodge?
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I agree this does sound like an agency fee in disguise. And I don't think it is acceptable - but not for reasons of illegal confiscation of wages.
With an Agency, the employment contract is between the man and the agency - and the agency is duty bound to pay at least the legal minimum hourly rate.
Unless you are going to tell me that the circumstances are different?
With an Agency, the employment contract is between the man and the agency - and the agency is duty bound to pay at least the legal minimum hourly rate.
Unless you are going to tell me that the circumstances are different?
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