Add Students Demand Unpaid Wages From Job Agency ViaOns
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[recruitment-india.com](http://www.recruitment-india.com)<br>Last winter season, Computer technology trainee Aaron Serpilin was taking a trip through Sweden by himself. He worked a number of months to be able to pay for the trip. As he found himself in the remote arctic village of Abisko, he couldn't afford to return to the airport. He worked for the cash, but says he wasn't paid on time. "It was bothersome having to ask my family for 2 hundred euros to not get stuck on the North Pole", he says.<br>
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<br>Similarly, an UvA student treated his girlfriend to a holiday in Spain last summertime. He says he was assured he 'd be paid for his work on time. Instead, he had to ask his family for money and his girlfriend cracked in too.<br>
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<br>Ghosted<br>
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<br>Both trainees feel like they've been taken benefit of by job company ViaOns, and they belong to a bigger group of VU and UvA students who are all trying to get paid. They utilized the agency due to the fact that it was a hassle-free way to get relatively well-paying hospitality jobs. ViaOns (which suggests 'through us' in Dutch) connects workers to business such as dining establishments and bars. The wages are then expected to go through ViaOns to the staff members.<br>
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<br>The trainees obviously got their cash in the beginning, although there could be a few weeks between doing a shift and making money. But they say that at some time, the hold-ups became worse, and the students wound up being owed large amounts of cash for months on end without any reliable indication of when and even if they would receive anything. "I do not know whether they're putting it in crypto or investing it someplace else. It's a secret to me why they do not pay their workers", the UvA student states.<br>
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<br>In the case of Economics and Business Economics student Martin, he states he began requesting his cash after awaiting more than a month. ViaOns told him they were still awaiting the restaurant to spend for his shifts. As another month passed, [Martin decided](https://wfmgmt.com/) to stop working completely until he made money. "I was calling like twice a day saying: bro please, I require the money. I got ta spend for food and my rent."<br>
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<br>Martin says he was often 'ghosted' when asking for his cash, or he would be told that they were still waiting on the restaurant. However, the restaurant ensured him that his shifts had actually currently been paid to ViaOns. He the company still owes him over 1,000 euros. WhatsApp screenshots shared by the students represent a lot of one-sided communication in between the students and ViaOns, with the students sending out reminder after tip that they're waiting on pay from a very long time earlier.<br>
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<br>Legal action<br>
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<br>Serpilin worked 3 days each week for a number of months to save up for his trip to Sweden. He states he talked with ViaOns before traveling and was assured he 'd get his cash on time, however as soon as in Sweden, he says he was ghosted and a number of his plans were cancelled because he couldn't spend for them.<br>
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<br>Despite this terrible experience, he continued to work with ViaOns and did receive some payments, however it would often take a very long time and due to the hold-ups he states he was essentially broke, waiting on numerous months of pay. He talked to good friends who remained in the very same boat as him and found a debt collection agency happy to help them get the money.<br>
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<br>With time, the variety of students trying to get their money increased to sixteen. The students discovered each other through their own networks, meaning they are not necessarily the only ones impacted. More recently, they're talking to a lawyer and wish to pursue a legal case, which has actually replaced their strategy of using a collection agency.<br>
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<br>Societal issue<br>
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<br>Providing the trainees with legal assistance is a bit tricky according to legal representative Dylan Schreurs, who has looked into the case and is going over potential actions with the involved [students](https://wfmgmt.com/giving-back/). "I believe it's a societal issue that these are all students who truly need this money, however can't obtain [subsidized] legal help because they're seen as freelancers", Schreurs explains. "They're really failing the fractures."<br>
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<br>The lawyer thinks the trainees have an extremely strong case and says that even if the restaurants did not transfer their wages, ViaOns would still be obliged to pay the trainees. But he likewise believes the case could be larger than just getting the students their lost earnings, as he believes ViaOns might be wrongfully dealing with people as freelancers rather of salaried workers. "That would mean they have been utilizing really inexpensive labour while getting wealthy from it without adding to our social security systems", states Schreurs.<br>
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<br>Taking out loans<br>
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<br>According to an Excel file they made, the group of sixteen trainees is owed over 13,000 euros. Serpilin is waiting for the largest quantity: nearly 4,000 euros. He states he had to secure loans to pay for groceries and rent. "There have been a lot of days that my pals head out and I either join them without getting anything, or I simply don't go due to the fact that I can't manage it."<br>
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<br>Most of all, he would describe the situation as awkward. "How do you inform your good friends or household that you work 3 days a week, but then unexpectedly you require to loan money to pay for things? I work every weekend and have nothing to show for it." Martin felt a similar shame when asking his office on 3 different events if they've paid ViaOns.<br>
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<br>Playing favourites<br>
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<br>The 3 trainees that talked with Ad Valvas seem like the cash has been stolen from them. "It feels extremely deliberate on their part", states Martin. The UvA student also thinks that the company plays favourites with its staff members. He declares to be knowledgeable about particular people earning money before others for the precise very same shift.<br>
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<br>If somebody begins 'being irritating' about not earning money in time, the UvA trainee states the business will dabble them and keep stringing them along. "I have actually seen that if you're regional and you're their pal, you're not going to experience numerous problems."<br>[recruitment-it.com](http://www.recruitment-it.com)
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<br>But worldwide trainees who wind up leaving the nation may be less likely to get their cash back. Among them is still owed for [dealing](https://wfmgmt.com/manufacturing-engineering-jobs/) with King's Day in 2024 and has actually because transferred to another nation, the UvA trainee states.<br>
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<br>Ad Valvas has been in touch with ViaOns, but ViaOns has actually not yet answered our questions or provided a declaration. Should they still provide a reaction, it will be contributed to this post.<br>
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