My client is trying to enforce 4 weeks notice on my contract. Where do I stand if I want to leave before that ?
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Originally posted by neiltingley View PostMy client is trying to enforce 4 weeks notice on my contract. Where do I stand if I want to leave before that ? -
Plenty of posts on notice period if you go to google and type in
notice period site:forums.contractoruk.com
They will explain your situation to you and how to handle it.
But TCP is correct. You signed a contract stating the notice period so to just leave without fulfilling the obligation will put you in breach. Negotiate the period down if you aren't willing to honour it in future gigs.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostPlenty of posts on notice period if you go to google and type in
notice period site:forums.contractoruk.com
They will explain your situation to you and how to handle it.
But TCP is correct. You signed a contract stating the notice period so to just leave without fulfilling the obligation will put you in breach. Negotiate the period down if you aren't willing to honour it in future gigs.
This thread answers my Q's: http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...egalities.html
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What that thread doesn't cover is the problems you are likely to run in to trying to get your last invoice paid though'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostWhat that thread doesn't cover is the problems you are likely to run in to trying to get your last invoice paid thoughComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIsn't that to do with Opt-In, Opt-Out or Opt-Shake-It-All-About?'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostNo not really. Well not what I was thinking. I am talking about the last month you worked, got a signed timesheet and the client paid the agency. The agency then refuses to pay the contractor as he's in breach and they want to keep it to cover their loses. We've seen it in a number of threads.
Presumably though, provided notice is allowed between contractor and agency, the agency does not have a valid case? Though getting the money out of them might prove difficult?Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAhhhhh
Presumably though, provided notice is allowed between contractor and agency, the agency does not have a valid case? Though getting the money out of them might prove difficult?
If they won't and he leaves anyway then the agent is quite within his rights to sue him but he can't keep his money. They should pay him what he's owed as per the agreement and then sue him later. The agent can only sue him for what they lost and seems it's not happened to anyone on here yet, we don't know how much that is. I think in one post we guessed a couple of hundred quid for a week or so lost commission, cost of putting it on jobserve et al and some time to find someone else. I think Andy Hallett said they had successfully sued a number of people, well not maybe gone as far as court but got their money back.
Just becomes a bun fight which is best avoided.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Hope that isn't the OP's real name thinking about it.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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