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15th May 2009: Statutory rights and your umbrella company
Well it's been a busy week here at Gabem and I've spent most of it writing, although unfortunately not for the blog. When I wasn't writing I spent some time on some contractor forums, and one of the questions came up was "do umbrella companies pay statutory paternity pay?"
It's an interesting question simply because it points at a greater problem. If you work through an umbrella company, you are an employee and they are your employer, there are no two ways about that. You will obviously have to provide evidence to claim statutory payments as you would with any employer, but anything you would expect from a normal employer should be provided for by your umbrella company.
If there is something they don't provide for, be it statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay, holiday pay etc, there is a serious problem, it brings up questions of compliance, your employment status and any number of other things that HMRC would be very interested to hear about. In short you should never have to ask yourself about something a "normal employer" would provide as any reputable company will be just that.
Have a great weekend and look after yourselves, if you feel like getting in touch just click on Hugo below.
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15/05/2009
