Hi
I hope someone can advise on the following please.
My wife started a contract role in January this year. The term was originally for 3 months. She was extended in April for a further 6 months. While she was on leave in 2nd week of May, the client decided to release her from her contract but at the time only offered the reason as being as 'not a good fit'.
Today the agency who originally advertised this role have now informed her she is guilty of breach of contract due to 'poor performance' and she owes them money for the remainder of the contract she was unable to fulfill.
My wife still has one month's pay due and the agency have informed her they intend to keep it in full as settlement towards what they feel she owes them for the breach.
I should mention that the client only once had a verbal discussion with her where they stated she was not delivering on one of her deliverables (the other deliverables she was responsible for were all in hand). This was a discussion they had shortly before she went on leave. There was no official notice to her or to her agency concerning any performance concerns.
Hope someone has some insight or relevant legislation that would help shed light on this as this is the first time I've ever heard of an IT contractor being held in breach of contract by an agency for termination of contract.
Many thanks
I hope someone can advise on the following please.
My wife started a contract role in January this year. The term was originally for 3 months. She was extended in April for a further 6 months. While she was on leave in 2nd week of May, the client decided to release her from her contract but at the time only offered the reason as being as 'not a good fit'.
Today the agency who originally advertised this role have now informed her she is guilty of breach of contract due to 'poor performance' and she owes them money for the remainder of the contract she was unable to fulfill.
My wife still has one month's pay due and the agency have informed her they intend to keep it in full as settlement towards what they feel she owes them for the breach.
I should mention that the client only once had a verbal discussion with her where they stated she was not delivering on one of her deliverables (the other deliverables she was responsible for were all in hand). This was a discussion they had shortly before she went on leave. There was no official notice to her or to her agency concerning any performance concerns.
Hope someone has some insight or relevant legislation that would help shed light on this as this is the first time I've ever heard of an IT contractor being held in breach of contract by an agency for termination of contract.
Many thanks
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