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Temporary workers in Yorkshire say they are losing hundreds of pounds | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
in wages because they are being exploited | :00:23. | :00:23. | |
The companies act as middlemen between contractors and employees. | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
The BBC has spoken to workers who claim they're being forced | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
to pay extra national insurance and administration fees. | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
says the companies only charge pre-agreed fees. | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
Construction workers, supply teachers, care providers - | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
people working in sectors of the economy where temporary work | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
has become the norm, and work is less secure. | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
And it's in this sector of the economy that some temporary | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
contract workers are telling us they are being ripped off. | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
I thought I was getting ripped off that much, | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
So I phoned the union and they took my case on. | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
The target of these complaints are so-called umbrella companies. | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
These are, in effect, middlemen who sort out wages | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
for contractors who have outsourced | :01:11. | :01:12. | |
The theory is this - a contractor requiring the service of, | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
for instance, a builder hands the umbrella company the wage, | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
then pays the worker their monthly or weekly wages. | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
But it's not as straightforward as that. | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
We spoke to workers who claim their umbrella companies | :01:32. | :01:33. | |
are deducting from their wages not only | :01:34. | :01:34. | |
the normal rates of tax and employee's National Insurance, | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
but also employer's National Insurance and holiday pay. | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
Both of which should, in fact, the paid by the employer. | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
They are also paying administration fees and even VAT on those fees. | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
that can amount to significant amounts of money. | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
This construction worker from South Yorkshire | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
was paid through an umbrella company. | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
His payslips show extra deductions alongside those | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
which all employees can expect to pay. | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
He threatened to take the company to a tribunal. | :02:06. | :02:07. | |
when he was repaid thousands of pounds. | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
What I didn't understand was the margins they were taking off us. | :02:13. | :02:18. | |
we were paying our own holiday pay, which I'm entitled to. | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
Umbrella companies will try to get round it | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
by not paying anybody holiday money. | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
Our members, when they join FCSA, sign up to confirm | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
that they will operate legally and ethically and transparently. | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
There are some less transparent firms out there, | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
with everyone getting tarred with the same brush, | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
because our members work really hard to make sure that contractors know | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
exactly how they are being paid and what is being deducted | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
so that there are not these misunderstandings. | :02:55. | :02:56. | |
Next month, select committee hearings are due to begin | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
in the House of Commons about fairness in the workplace, | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
and unions are bringing more challenges through tribunals. | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
A driver's been jailed for ten years after he knocked down a cyclist, | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
Akash Rashid, who's 22 and from Bradford, | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
had been trying to get away from police | :03:17. | :03:18. | |
when he hit Andrew Platten on Cottingley Cliffe Road in July. | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
Mr Platten's family has paid tribute to him, | :03:23. | :03:24. | |
saying he was a respected academic and a "truly inspirational" father | :03:25. | :03:26. | |
The case against two men who were arrested following protests | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
about the felling of trees in Sheffield has been dropped. | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
Simon Crump and Calvin Payne had been charged under Trade Union | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
legislation and were due before magistrates next month. | :03:37. | :03:38. | |
The Crown Prosecution Service say it's not in the public interest | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
The case against two other people, also arrested during protests, | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
Next tonight to more good news for South Yorkshire, | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
with aircraft giant Boeing announcing a ?20 million investment | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
in what will be the company's first, and only, factory in Europe. | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
the site will be based between Sheffield and Rotherham. | :03:58. | :04:02. | |
This is the part of South Yorkshire where ideas are made. | :04:03. | :04:09. | |
15 years ago, Sheffield University had the idea to partner up | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
with Boeing to create a centre where engineers could work | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
on designs to make engines, turbines and aeroplanes more efficiently. | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
That partnership has just paid off, because Boeing are on their way. | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
This is called the factory of the future. | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
It's where all of the research is done down here. | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
It is the partnership they already have with Boeing that has made | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
"Well, the expertise is ready here, why not build a factory next door?" | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
It is the culmination of 16 years' hard work by the team here, | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
showing the capability and what Sheffield has to offer. | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
This is the other reason why they've come here - | :04:51. | :04:53. | |
apprentices learning robotics and computer aided design. | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
Boeing knows there are engineers being trained up | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
just yards away from their new factory. | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
There is a lot of local employers with global presence already, | :05:03. | :05:05. | |
but these big blue-chip companies that announce these kind of stories | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
which is only positive for the sector. | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
It will be bowing's first factory in Europe, | :05:16. | :05:17. | |
In it, they will be building some of the most | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
important parts of the plane, the bits which move the wings. | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
The factory itself is hugely important for South Yorkshire. | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
It is the secondary effect for all of the existing companies, | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
We will create four times as many jobs in the secondary businesses | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
McLaren announced a factory here a few weeks ago - | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
South Yorkshire is the Rolls Royce of the advanced manufacturing world. | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
Well, they've been making turbine blades here for a couple of years. | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
South Yorkshire built itself on old, heavy industry, | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
but it's the new stuff, the ideas, that will drive it forward. | :05:57. | :06:05. | |
and Castleford Tigers were away to Warrington Wolves tonight. | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
And it was a good win for Castleford - | :06:12. | :06:13. | |
with Luke Gale's try being one of the highlights of the game. | :06:14. | :06:20. | |
Elsewhere, some other results to bring you - | :06:21. | :06:22. | |
Leeds Rhinos were away to Salford Red Devils, | :06:23. | :06:24. | |
the final score there 20 to the Rhinos and 14 to Salford. | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
Huddersfield Giants beat Wakefield Trinity 24-16. | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
It wasn't such a bad story at all across Yorkshire today. | :06:34. | :06:41. | |
Many of us enjoyed some lovely sunshine. | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
A band of rain makes its way in from the west. | :06:44. | :06:47. | |
I think we will see some heavy spells on the Pennines, the Dales, | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
Temperatures tonight down to about five Celsius. | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
With a strengthening south-westerly breeze, | :06:54. | :06:54. | |
So it is a cloudy, wet start to your Saturday, I'm afraid. | :06:55. | :06:59. | |
We're going to see some dry intervals, especially | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
across parts of South and East Yorkshire later on. | :07:02. | :07:03. | |
Temperatures tomorrow getting up to about 10 Celsius. | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
Again, we hang on to a strengthening breeze. | :07:07. | :07:09. | |
Looking at Sunday, another weather front makes its way towards us. | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
I think we should start off on a fairly dry note, | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
but turning windier and wetter later on. | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
It should brighten up by the time you get to Wednesday. | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
That's the forecast from the Look North team. | :07:25. | :07:26. | |
few days it is that the stay miles. Outbreaks of rain at times | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
particularly as we head into Monday. A much calmer day today after the | :07:32. | :07:45. | |
nasty storm yesterday. Let's look at your pictures, tranquil from | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
Hampshire, on the edge of the new Forest. Nice cumulus clouds from | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
Hartlepool. Still a bit stormy, that sea. We are starting to get more | :07:55. | :08:05. | |
pictures of bass coming through. The 1st of March, the first day of | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
meteorological spring. We like it in three months blocks. This weekend, | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
things are going downhill again. After this day, where we had the | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
sunshine, it looks like weather systems | :08:19. | :08:19. |