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Withheld Translator's Fees to cover company's expenses for payment service?
Thread poster: Alexandra Marx
Alexandra Marx Germany Local time: 03:06 English to German
May 11, 2017
Dear all,
I have a question, which I suppose is more of a legal matter.
Is it legitimate for a vendor to force translators into a certain payment method and then (without telling them so) withholding a part of the translator's fee to cover their own expenses towards that payment service?
I am of course aware that we can always say we don't work with them anymore.
My point is here, does a company not have the obligation to full disclosure of all... See more
Dear all,
I have a question, which I suppose is more of a legal matter.
Is it legitimate for a vendor to force translators into a certain payment method and then (without telling them so) withholding a part of the translator's fee to cover their own expenses towards that payment service?
I am of course aware that we can always say we don't work with them anymore.
My point is here, does a company not have the obligation to full disclosure of all costs to the translator BEFORE they transfer them to new payment methods with dodgy payment services, and not afterwards?
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