phrase General Slang

Working on the lump

· phrase · construction

Getting paid gross cash with no tax, no NI, and no employment rights.

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British building-trade phrase for being paid a lump sum in cash, self-employed in name only, with no PAYE, no National Insurance, and no holiday pay. It was rife in the 60s and 70s and is what HMRC's CIS scheme was eventually invented to clamp down on. Still surfaces today on dodgier sites.

“Half the lads on that job were working on the lump.”
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Working on the lump In A Sentence

Half the lads on that job were working on the lump.

Origin & Usage

British construction slang from the post-war era; 'the lump' as a system was big enough in the 1970s to spark major union disputes.

Variants on the lumpthe lump
Tags #construction#trades#british#tax#cash-in-hand

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