Last day of work unpaid as it wasn't worked. Fault was on their side

[NotAllThere]

Let it go.

[BlasterBates]

Very unusual for a contract to run until the first day of the month. It was probably always intended to end on 31st May. I would view this as a mistake on the contract. No harm in trying to get an additional day paid but not worth a legal fight.

[NowPermOutsideUK]

Cripes, again?

What's so hard to understand? You don't get paid for what you don't work. You get paid for what you do work.

Dead easy?

Far more sensible to put the time and effort into finding the next job.

it’s not dead easy. Plumber turns up on your door to do a days rate for £200 a day. You refuse to let him in and ask him to wait on the job. Surely he is entitled to being paid

why do contractors feel like we are taxis and it’s only when someone is in the cab can we charge

[Lance]

it’s not dead easy. Plumber turns up on your door to do a days rate for £200 a day. You refuse to let him in and ask him to wait on the job. Surely he is entitled to being paid

why do contractors feel like we are taxis and it’s only when someone is in the cab can we charge

but that's not a very accurate analogy.

How about??? Plumber turns up at the doorstep. Client says "but you finished yesterday". Plumber spends all day banging on the door, and now wants paying for that day.

[Fred Bloggs]

but that's not a very accurate analogy.

How about??? Plumber turns up at the doorstep. Client says "but you finished yesterday". Plumber spends all day banging on the door, and now wants paying for that day.

Exactly.

[ladymuck]

Or, it's:

Plumber turns up. Client says, "but you finished yesterday". Plumber says, "the contract/plans say I finish today". Client says, "meh". Plumber spends all day banging on the door and wants paying for that day.

[Paralytic]

Plumber goes out to street and turns off mains supply to house and goes home.

[Fred Bloggs]

Or, it's:

Plumber turns up. Client says, "but you finished yesterday". Plumber says, "the contract/plans say I finish today". Client says, "meh". Plumber spends all day banging on the door and wants paying for that day.

Yep. About the measure of it.

[BlasterBates]

If the contract states until June 1st, then strictly speaking the final day is on May 31st, because June 1st 12:00am is the end of the contract.

[northernladuk]

If the contract states until June 1st, then strictly speaking the final day is on May 31st, because the June 1st 12:00am is the end of the contract.

You sure? I always thought it was at the end of the last stated day. For example. Last day of term this period is Friday 23rd July, so by your analogy they break up on Thursday?

I don't buy in to that I am afraid.