I am a contractor using my own limited company to work under. I am being asked to sign an agreement with the company I contract to - a larger consultancy in fact - which prevents me from soliticing work from their clients for a period of 6 months after my agreement with them has terminated. My questions are: since the agreement is between two companies and not with me personally, am I bound by that condition and does it therefore prevent me from working for whoever i like. Secondly, if the client for whom I am currently working on-site approached me and asked if i would carry out additional work for them am i still bound by this agreement.
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If you're signing on behalf of your limited company then I don't think they can stop you working for the client directly as long as you don't use the limited company that signed the contract. The client themselves may have a contract with the consultancy that stops them from doing this however.
If the client approached directly then the agreement still stands. It makes no difference. -
Originally posted by kevinm View PostI am a contractor using my own limited company to work under. I am being asked to sign an agreement with the company I contract to - a larger consultancy in fact - which prevents me from soliticing work from their clients for a period of 6 months after my agreement with them has terminated. My questions are: since the agreement is between two companies and not with me personally, am I bound by that condition and does it therefore prevent me from working for whoever i like. Secondly, if the client for whom I am currently working on-site approached me and asked if i would carry out additional work for them am i still bound by this agreement.
It may do so its just the way you worded it above that looks a bit ambiguous.This default font is sooooooooooooo boring and so are short usernamesComment
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