Is it illegal for a contractor to charge a company an amount...?

Question

of let's say 10 $ or 10 GBP an hour for a workers wage, then only pay them 5 $ or 5 GBP.

Answer 1

Quite legal. Two separate arrangements, you see.  What you pay a contractor is quite separate from whatever arrangments exist for him paying his employees.

Answer 2

nope its exactly what agencies do.

Answer 3

I din't know all the ins and outs of English lagour Law, but the contractor is entitled to a profit.  If the employee accepted $5 an hour to work the job, I don't see a problem,.  The employee can always quit

Answer 4

Standard practice I'm afraid. Not illegal.

Answer 5

This is called making a profit. Would you run a business and only charge say 10 pounds and hour to the customer and then pay your staff 10 pounds an hour,  You wouldn't last very long in business would you.