FCSA umbrella accused of withholding thousands of pounds from contractors
According to BBC's Moneybox, an umbrella company with membership in the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association has been charged with depriving contractors of thousands of pounds in holiday pay. An anonymous contractor who claimed they had to threaten employment tribunal (ET) action before their umbrella company paid out holiday pay owed to them and several colleagues totalling approximately £6,000 each was interviewed by the BBC Radio 4 program last Saturday afternoon. The umbrella in question is accredited by the FCSA, a prominent UK membership organization dedicated to promoting supply chain compliance, despite the fact that questionable practices used by some umbrella companies are a well-known issue. The CEO of ContractorCalculator, Dave Chaplin, stated on BBC's Moneybox program that stricter enforcement by the FCSA is required to stop further non-compliance: “There are numerous codes that the FCSA has. You can have as many as you like, but they won't mean