Being fired as an IT Contractor

[b0redom]

All of the background is just noise.

The bottom line is that as contractors we have NO enforcable notice period. At all. For whatever reason.

If you go into work on Monday, the end client is well within their rights contractually to say. No more work don't come in tomorrow and not pay you regardless of whatever notice period is in your contract.

It's unlikely that will happen, but it does. You can chance your arm and ask to be paid the 4 week notice period in your contract, but you will have a no work, no fee clause in your contract. If you don't you're a defacto permie and IR35 caught.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

The last sentence in the post above is rubbish. There are three defences to IR35 and you only need one.

[rowley birkin qc]

well godwins law seems well on its way to being realised on this thread

[b0redom]

The last sentence in the post above is rubbish. There are three defences to IR35 and you only need one.

Fair enough in principle, but I personally, don't know anyone who's ever had a client accept a subbie - although to be fair, I've not actually tried myself, and D&C is a very grey area.