Agency woes

[odbo]

I have just completed a 3 day assignment (against my
better judgement). I was told on day 2 that my work was
to be ongoing but on day 3 that it was to end.

As such, I was unable to complete my workload.
(web application development)

The client has now said that they are only willing to pay
me for 2 days and my agency has put my pay on hold
until an amount is agreed upon.

Are they allowed to do this??

[tim123]

I have just completed a 3 day assignment (against my
better judgement). I was told on day 2 that my work was
to be ongoing but on day 3 that it was to end.

As such, I was unable to complete my workload.
(web application development)

The client has now said that they are only willing to pay
me for 2 days and my agency has put my pay on hold
until an amount is agreed upon.

Are they allowed to do this??

Probably not, but it's up to you to take action to stop them. There's no-one else who will do this for you

tim

[Turion]

Was the timesheet signed for 3 days. If not, you have (more of) a problem. Whatever, if in the end they say they will not pay the last day you will need to go threaten legal action, then proceed with it if they don't move. The county court is cheap and easy for small amounts. Is it worth it for 1 days pay? That's your call.

[gingerjedi]

I have just completed a 3 day assignment (against my
better judgement). I was told on day 2 that my work was
to be ongoing but on day 3 that it was to end.

As such, I was unable to complete my workload.
(web application development)

The client has now said that they are only willing to pay
me for 2 days and my agency has put my pay on hold
until an amount is agreed upon.

Are they allowed to do this??

I thought I was reading a poem for a minute.

[d000hg]

I was told on day 2 that my work was
to be ongoing but on day 3 that it was to end.

As such, I was unable to complete my workload

Do you mean when you heard it would be extended, you started trying to make the work take longer?

Did they hire you to complete a task or for a specified length of time? Unless your contract is written in a way that you have breached it I can't see they have an argument.

[BrilloPad]

Did you opt in or opt out?

[odbo]

There were two fazes to the work, completion of core
functionality and localization.
When I was told work was ongoing, I reprioritised for
both components but was then on the last day the
localisation component was on hold due to resources.
Hence why I was not able to deliver completely the
core component.

I was contracted out on a daily rate with no mention of
project completion (which is not surprising as localisation
into 10 languages complete with Asian character sets is
a little too ambitious for one days work ).

Do you mean when you heard it would be extended, you started trying to make the work take longer?

Did they hire you to complete a task or for a specified length of time? Unless your contract is written in a way that you have breached it I can't see they have an argument.

[odbo]

Threatening legal action is really a last resort as I'm sure
you know it will always come back to bite you on the ass.

Is it worth it for 1 days pay? Was it worth taking on the
responsibility for 3 days work in the first place? Hell no!

But the market's so ropey this time of year I tend to take
what I can get before that b*****d in a red suit saddles
up down the centre lane.

Was the timesheet signed for 3 days. If not, you have (more of) a problem. Whatever, if in the end they say they will not pay the last day you will need to go threaten legal action, then proceed with it if they don't move. The county court is cheap and easy for small amounts. Is it worth it for 1 days pay? That's your call.

[odbo]

Opt-out. Should that make a difference?

Did you opt in or opt out?

[Hex]

Opt-out. Should that make a difference?

Yes - if you were opted in then the agency would be obliged to pay you for all days you worked regardless of what the client paid them and regardless of whether you had signed timesheets.