5 Live Investigates
5 Live Investigates
BBC Radio 5 Live
Agency Workers Out of Pocket
49 minutes Posted Oct 21, 2012 at 9:09 pm.
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Take a look at your pay slip. If you work for a temp agency, beware of the tax deal hitting low-paid workers and the taxman. Recruitment agencies employing minimum wage workers are paying large sums of their wages in tax-free expenses and pocketing the lion's share of the savings. But experts tell Adrian Goldberg it's the workers who could risk being chased by the HMRC for unpaid tax.