Agency not paying on time

[MarillionFan]

Are you retarded? Since you seem so keen on putting up other people's private details, why not post my home address on the internet as well?

I thought they were keeping back 6-7 weeks' pay until the end of the year - if it's less than that then it might not be too bad.

Oh Dear(TM). Can we assume Hugebrain that you started posting stuff on a bulletin board without actually checking with the agency what the real deal was.

You work in IT don't you.

Please read here....http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...lk-people.html

[shark]

Are you retarded? Since you seem so keen on putting up other people's private details, why not post my home address on the internet as well?

I thought they were keeping back 6-7 weeks' pay until the end of the year - if it's less than that then it might not be too bad.

Hugebrain.. you said in an earlier post you were moving to Switzerland, so it's obvious you're talking about the Swiss UBS Harvey Nash contract.

You've jumped the gun with your complaint, holidays are paid out when you take them, the only people that have to wait for their monthly deduction to be repaid at the end of the year are those that take no holidays.
For most people the deduction makes no difference, & some will even be better off if they take their holidays earlier.

[Ardesco]

For all the one post wonders going on about Swiss law, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference if the contract is signed in the UK with a UK agency under English law.

If the contract does not state that some of the funds will be witheld until the end of contract/year then they can't do it. If they do do it they are in breach use the late payment legislation to screw them up and once they owe you more than £750 tell them to pay up now or you will hit them with a winding up order.

Liquidation or pay you, which one do you think they will choose?

If they are trying this on without having clauses in the contract to back them up they do not have a leg to stand on, part of the reason for going through an agency is the factoring process where you get your money quickly while they hassle the end client for it. If they can't get the money off the end client it is not your problem, your contract is wth them and they have to pay within the timescales written into your contract.

[ratewhore]

If you are under contract to deliver something, then not delivering it makes you in breach of contract.

Most contracts I've seen are T & M. As PAH says, if I work, I have certain contractual obligations to fulfil in order to get paid. There's certainly nothing in my contracts to force me to work...

[TheFaQQer]

For all the one post wonders going on about Swiss law, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference if the contract is signed in the UK with a UK agency under English law.

Unless the contract states that a different jurisdiction is in place.

[Ardesco]

Unless the contract states that a different jurisdiction is in place.

Well we won't know that until hugeBrain tells us

[TheFaQQer]

Well we won't know that until hugeBrain tells us

I await with bated breath