Being charged to recieve pay - legal??

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So if someone takes 2 weeks work via an agency, supplies their bank details when they sign up, and halfway through their first week of work gets a text telling them to sign up to create an account with InSync Digital who charge them £15 every time they get paid... is this even legal?

Did you read all that bumpf the agency gave you? Because if that included the need to have an account with this group, then yes, it's legal. If they didn't tell you anywhere in that paperwork, can you prove it? It sounds like they pay through an umbrella organisation. That's common now.

It isn't me, so I don't know what bumpf was given! I can ask. But surely that isn't a legal way to pay? It takes the wages to less than was advertised! I don't understand how that can be legal, surely anything contractual is not binding if it's unlawful (or that's the case with housing law anyway).

Theoretically, yes it is legal and no it doesn't reduce the wages. It's a very common term with employment agencies and umbrella companies. And this is employment law, not housing law.

Sorry, got distracted and accidentally posted too soon. If you haven't read the terms, you can't comment on this. You are guessing. In my experience it's astonishing what people sign without reading.