Im looking for some advice on a couple of outstanding contract issues.
I am currently working in the following situation My Ltd is contracted to an Agency contracted to Consultancy contracted to Client (where im based on day to day basis), now I was told initially by the agency an hourly rate plus a (2x) overtime rate and put forward for interview at consultancy, I was then offered the job by the consultancy and agency then told me
day rate had gone down, not a major change so I accepted it as needed the work before Christmas. It was an immediate start at the end client and everything was going well until a couple of days later the contract from agency is drawn up and there is no mention of an overtime rate, I decided not to sign the contract until either a overtime rate is in place or my day rate is increased, this has now been dragging on for 6 weeks, I have since spoken to the consultancy who have said that it was never the case to pay a overtime rate only a flat day rate. Couple of questions, do I have a contract with the agency as I haven't signed it and the terms on it are different to what was agreed over the phone? If I wanted to cut them out of the loop and go direct with consultancy or client would it be possible without a notice period as I haven't signed the contract, they didn't pay me for 6 weeks when payment terms were 4 weeks and there is no mention in my contract about not working for consultancy or client for a set period of time after notice period which I have had in my other contracts??
Any help would be appreciated.. ta
I am currently working in the following situation My Ltd is contracted to an Agency contracted to Consultancy contracted to Client (where im based on day to day basis), now I was told initially by the agency an hourly rate plus a (2x) overtime rate and put forward for interview at consultancy, I was then offered the job by the consultancy and agency then told me
day rate had gone down, not a major change so I accepted it as needed the work before Christmas. It was an immediate start at the end client and everything was going well until a couple of days later the contract from agency is drawn up and there is no mention of an overtime rate, I decided not to sign the contract until either a overtime rate is in place or my day rate is increased, this has now been dragging on for 6 weeks, I have since spoken to the consultancy who have said that it was never the case to pay a overtime rate only a flat day rate. Couple of questions, do I have a contract with the agency as I haven't signed it and the terms on it are different to what was agreed over the phone? If I wanted to cut them out of the loop and go direct with consultancy or client would it be possible without a notice period as I haven't signed the contract, they didn't pay me for 6 weeks when payment terms were 4 weeks and there is no mention in my contract about not working for consultancy or client for a set period of time after notice period which I have had in my other contracts??
Any help would be appreciated.. ta
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