BBC in CHAOS as journalists reveal how controversial pay scheme left some debating SUICIDE
Journalists told MPs that payment arrangements had been driving them to suicide
They also say they lost thousands because the BBC made them set up Personal Service Companies to receive their earnings as if they were contractors rather than employees.
HM Revenue and Customs is now pursuing many for unpaid back taxes.
The BBC has said it did not "force" anyone to use PSCs, which let it avoid employer's National Insurance and benefits like holiday and sickness pay.
But a string of damning witness statements published last night by the House of Commons’ Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee tells of people being compelled to set up PSCs on pain of losing pay and work.
Senior MP Damian Collins, the chair of the House of Commons Culture Committee, said the BBC had fallen "well below" the standards expected in its treatment of staff and said he would be demanding answers from director general Lord Hall.