[Saffy]

Good afternoon I recently went for a job interview and was offered a position at £6 per hour .... I have today, received a letter through the post stating this:

Basic Pay: A rate of £6 per hour inclusive of holiday pay (i.e. £5.22 per hour plus £0.78 holiday pay) payable monthly.

Puzzled .. does this mean when I have a holiday I wont get paid because it is being paid immediately? Also .. does this mean I actually am earning £5.22 per hour? (Which is under the minimum wage?)

[affirm18]

Sounds like a rip off, and against the regulations. In actuality below the minimum wage.
Avoid.

[ow do]

is through an agency

[jinnertomcat]

Is not necessarily under min wage depending on your age. However it is a really sneaky unethical way of doing business.

[turtles123]

i would tell them where to stick it if i was you sounds like they are trying to con ya

[astronaut77]

I once worked through an agency and got paid this way - they include holiday pay in your normal wage because you can leave at short notice - that way they don't then "owe" you any holiday or extra pay. If you carry on working for this agency, and take for example 2 weeks holiday, you won't get paid for that period. Pretty rubbish when you've got bills to pay etc.
Unless it's short term work, I would avoid.

[Saffy]

Thank You ... I phoned ACAS last night and they told me that "rolling up" holidays like this, is actually illegal .. and the basic pay they are offering is illegal too.

I'll mention it when I'm at work later ..

P.S. Yes it is short term work.