Guaranteed 40 Hours

[shaunkip]

My current contract states that I am guaranteed to be paid for 40 hours per week, apart from when I cannot provide the service.

I am currently having a bit of a battle with the company over the Christmas period. Basically they were on stand down and would not be able to open for me to work.

I was available to work and wanted to work, so surely, as per the contract, I should get paid for the 40 hours?

The company are just refusing point blank to pay. Where do I stand and what action can I take before going down more costly solicitor routes?

Any help would be much appreciated.

[cojak]

I'd be very surprised if you are 'guaranteed' 40 hours per week over the duration of the contract, unless you are a permie.

One of the perk for companies is that they can kick out contractors over Christmas. I didn't work for 3 weeks over that period.

All you're doing at the moment is peeing ofF your agent and client over a dubious claim.

Unless you're not interested in an extension of course...

[Fred Bloggs]

I would expect that if they do pay, the payment will be accompanied by a notice of termination.

[northernladuk]

My current contract states that I am guaranteed to be paid for 40 hours per week, apart from when I cannot provide the service.I am currently having a bit of a battle with the company over the Christmas period. Basically they were on stand down and would not be able to open for me to work.

I was available to work and wanted to work, so surely, as per the contract, I should get paid for the 40 hours?

The company are just refusing point blank to pay. Where do I stand and what action can I take before going down more costly solicitor routes?

Any help would be much appreciated.

You could not provide the service because the client site wasn't open. End of story. Drop it.

Either that or you can force your client to pay you money for not working.. way to go... they will love you, along with all the other contractors on site who get treated like tulip and labelled money grabbers because of the actions of the few.

[shaunkip]

We are definitely guaranteed 40 hours per week, one of the perks of this contract.

We brought it to their attention before the Christmas period so they could make the relevant arrangements to allow us to work.

They have paid us for bank holidays when not worked in the past.

It is a perk for them to have been able to lay us off over Christmas but they didn't!

They are more than happy to quote the contract back to us when it suits and its starting to annoy us, hence why this issue has been resurfaced.

[Pondlife]

IR35 fodder?

[northernladuk]

IR35 fodder?

Amen to that lol.

[pmeswani]

Permie fodder?

FTFY

[Support Monkey]

I would expect that if they do pay, the payment will be accompanied by a notice of termination.

WHS, keep asking and not only will you be out the door you will never be allowed back in the building, your definately burning bridges with that one