Recruitment agency ordered to pay £280,000: largest fine and first custodial sentences following TPR prosecution

Holly Roach
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Recruitment agency Workchain has been hit with a £280,000 fine after posing as temporary staff and illegally opting them out of their workplace pension scheme.

Directors of the national recruitment agency, Phil Tong and Adam Hinkley, were each given a four-month prison sentence suspended for two years. They were also ordered to complete 200 hours of commu...

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