Handcuff clause #2.. how long is too long?

[ladymuck]

There are 3 distinct periods of time, so 3 assignments.

It'll be the last one. It's an ongoing assignment not matter what you're trying to dress it up as

[cannon999]

It's an ongoing assignment not matter what you're trying to dress it up as

This statement is clearly wrong according to the wording that I have already posted.

[KinooOrKinog]

After you stop working with the client you can't go back for 12 months unless it's through the same agency. It's clear. If you don't understand the wording, ask them to clarify it. If you don't like it, ask them to change it to something you're happy with.

[ladymuck]

This statement is clearly wrong according to the wording that I have already posted.

Then ignore it. It's perfectly clear to me, you just seem adamant to have your own interpretation, which begs the question why you bothered to ask.

[WTFH]

This statement is clearly wrong according to the wording that I have already posted.

OK, if you have decided it means something, and we all disagree with you, would you like someone to lie and say whatever it is you’re hoping for?

You’ve had multiple contract extensions, or new contracts - you’ve chosen not to make that clear to us which it is.
If they are new contracts, then the conditions of the new contract trump the conditions in the old one, so take the most recent one you have signed as the current active conditions you have agreed to.
If you say it’s all one assignment, then it’s from the end date of the assignment, i.e. the day you or they terminate the agreement, or no further work is offered to you.
If you say it’s multiple assignments, then read the most recent one.

That’s not what you want to hear, but it’s what everyone is telling you.

[northernladuk]

It would be a pretty tulip handcuff of it were for 6 months from the end of the first assignment and you worked there another 12 month. It wouldn't even exist so pointless.

Think about why the handcuff is there. That will give you and idea when it starts.

[GhostofTarbera]

It would be a pretty tulip handcuff of it were for 6 months from the end of the first assignment and you worked there another 12 month. It wouldn't even exist so pointless.

Think about why the handcuff is there. That will give you and idea when it starts.

Guys and girls

Please take into consideration the OP might have learning difficulties/ bi-polar or mental health issues that prohibit him from from seeing the obvious

Let’s be more considerate here


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[mikedarv]

Has anyone been able to negotiate themselves out of the handcuff?

With everything going on and agency changes at some of the banks it's going to be slightly annoying to be offered a role back at the same client that only a new agency is looking after.

Previous posts have said that a change of agency is one small step to remove that marker.

[GhostofTarbera]

Has anyone been able to negotiate themselves out of the handcuff?

With everything going on and agency changes at some of the banks it's going to be slightly annoying to be offered a role back at the same client that only a new agency is looking after.

Previous posts have said that a change of agency is one small step to remove that marker.

Ahhh yes

You pay old agent all of its commission for length of new contacts + all renewals - then they are quite happy for you to switch


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[ladymuck]

Has anyone been able to negotiate themselves out of the handcuff?

With everything going on and agency changes at some of the banks it's going to be slightly annoying to be offered a role back at the same client that only a new agency is looking after.

Previous posts have said that a change of agency is one small step to remove that marker.

If the client has moved their business from agency A to agency B and no longer uses agency A then it's safe to use agency B as agency A can't make a claim against business they haven't won.

It won't stop them trying though