NMW avoidance devices

The growing casualisation of the UK labour market has seen the spread of exploitative arrangements aimed at avoiding employment rights and obligations, including the NMW. These include:

• false self-employment;

• abusive use of zero hours contracts;

• forcing low paid workers to contract through a personal service company;

• the abusive use of intermediary companies such as payroll and umbrella companies.

For more information see LRD’s guide for trade union reps, Casualisation at work, 2014 www.lrdpublications.org.uk/publications.php?pub=BK&iss=1733