Delayed contract start due to incompetence of on-boarders - who foots the bill?

[FrontEnder]

I've refused to sign contract amendments before. In my case the agent knew I had informed the client of their behaviour so said nothing each time I told them I wasn't signing their bulltulip.

Of course, it depends what the amendment is, so not saying this would automatically be a bad thing in the eyes of the client. In this case it's moving the start date back 1 day when he hadn't even started yet. It would sound incredibly petulant to me.

[SueEllen]

Obviously you would like the on boarding company to pay, but you can't bill them. The problem is that your contact is with the agency, so you need to bill the agency, and get them to bill the client. No harm in requesting reimbursement from the agency.

And whether the agency will do that depends on their contract with the on-boarding company.

[BlasterBates]

And whether the agency will do that depends on their contract with the on-boarding company.

Well the agency won't be able to bill the on-boarding company either, they would bill the client, and that aint going to happen.

[BrilloPad]

I refused to sign until onboarding checks completed. Mostly due to HireRite being totally incompetent.

Its a business risk. If you can't accept it, become a permie. Though often onboarding for a permie is no easier : and often more difficult.