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Logo on it. what do they get out of distancing themselves from these companies? they reduce the risk of liability to credico. seems to me they may be encouraging people that work with them to set up a series of separate companies which are then in the firing line if anyone wants to claim, based on their employment rights, so it's a clever move. based on the evidence he's seen, luke thinks the people i've spoken to in different sales companies could be found to be workers, which means they'd be entitled to rights like the minimum wage and paid holiday. credico told me:

They reduce the risk of liability to credico. seems to me they may be encouraging people that work with them to set up a series of separate companies which are then in the firing line if anyone wants to claim, based on their employment rights, so it's a clever move. based on the evidence he's seen, luke thinks the people i've spoken to in different sales companies could be found to be workers, which means they'd be entitled to rights like the minimum wage and paid holiday. credico told me:

With more than 100 sales companies in the uk network, the owners have usually started out as salespeople themselves and worked their way up through the system. but it looks like there can be strings attached. i'm looking at documents about a recent court case involving credico, and this says they choose the accountants that you have to use if you're an office owner, they pay the commissions to the salespeople and they even choose the wording of the agreements that you have to sign when you join up to one of their linked sales offices. the weird thing is, though, the people i've spoken to don't...

Are unpaid and again used under the umbrella of "self—employed", so it looks like it's self—inflicted, makes me want to be sick. nothing i did in thatjob role was on my own terms. nothing at all. um... so, it's scary, because that's how they operate. if you could speak to somebody now who you brought into the business, what would you say to them? i have had these conversations. i'd say, you know, like, i've said, "i'm sorry," i still feel bad. you know, some of these people spent a year of their lives buying into this dream that we created together and that's, you know — a year of your l...

They say they weren't aware of the allegations and have already launched an investigation. they added that any malpractice they find as a result will be dealt with immediately. they have sector—leading safeguards in place for all staff, and say if anyone fundraising on their behalf has any concerns, they urge them to get in touch immediately. credico said: regarding the incident where lauren wasn't able to go to the toilet, the company she worked for said that they don't advise sales agents that there are no toilet breaks or lunch breaks. as for the people i've spoken to, they have mixed fee...