Non payment of tax etc by employers

[mary-jane]

Help!
I came to UK (II am from Philippines) with my Indian emoployers as their housekeeper from Hong Kong where I had worked for them for eight few years.
They held my passport adn paid me cash but did let me go home to get married.
I have permission to reside and work in UK. (I went home and married in the Philuippines a year ago Then (Dec 2008) I acquired a National Insurance number.
My employers thought they were leaving so I got a new job with nice Swedish couple who want to pay me regulary, pay my tax and Natiional Insurance BUT previous employer who I still work for one day a week won't admit they have been employing me (I lived with them until September this year.
How do I tell theauthorities and what should I say - I have no paperwork since I arrived in UK in 2008 and my employers won't give me any!
Any advice very happily received!!
Thank YOU.

[PaperPusher]

What visa are you on?

[mary-jane]

Domestic worker

[PaperPusher]

When does your visa run out?

[mary-jane]

January 2011
I am going in to renew it on 6th December

[PaperPusher]

See this page:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/worki ... icworkers/

The guidance is here:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

There is also a charity that works with domestic workers:

http://www.kalayaan.org.uk/

I hope your initial employers were paying you the national minimum wage.

[mary-jane]

You are brilliant! - Thank you very much for the very helpful links.
One thing more please, does an 'officially declared' 25 hours a week count as full-time?
My first employer gave me no paper-work, just cash at the end of every month. The new one only gives me paper-work for 25 hours even though I work a full week...?

[John]

mary-jane, I suspect that you might be thinking of reporting Tax and NI fraud, and if I am right .... click here.

[mary-jane]

No. I just wanted to make sure that they were not doing anything that will jeapodise my visa extention and that 25 hours counts as full time[/b]I realise from talking to other workers that almost all domestic workers in my position seem to have 'non-official' arrangements with their employers. I like my new employers. [/b]

[PaperPusher]

You call them a nice Swedish couple who are you new employers. I am sorry to say this but if they are not paying you the national minimum wage I don't think they are very nice at all. I think that is disgusting. They should also be paying the proper amount of tax and national insurance.

You may find talking to the charity helpful. I can understand why you just want to get your visa extended, but perhaps you can talk to them later.

I would get your pay put in your bank account, you could say to them that you do need to build up a good credit history for the future.

[mary-jane]

I don't explain well.
They pay me o.k. but only official for 25 hours week (150 pounds) the rest is cash 'extra' and 'non official'.
I worry that 25 hours won't count as full time for the visa.
You are very kind to spend so much time helping!

[PaperPusher]

Still not good, they should be deducting national insurance and your income tax on the whole amount and then paying that to HMRC. Do you pay national insurance?

[avjones]

25 hours doesn't appear to me to be full-time work.

In addition, you are involved in a tax fraud conspiracy.