Notice Period Pay

[dizza2]

Hi All,

First time posting on here, and also my first contract role, so please excuse me if this is a dumb question:

My contract has been terminated early, and they do not need me to work my notice period, does this mean I can invoice the client my notice period?

[AJ1982]

Hi All,

First time posting on here, and also my first contract role, so please excuse me if this is a dumb question:

My contract has been terminated early, and they do not need me to work my notice period, does this mean I can invoice the client my notice period?

No, HTH

[tarbera]

No

But I've seen plenty of clients pay up to 4 weeks for good will

[TheFaQQer]

My contract has been terminated early, and they do not need me to work my notice period, does this mean I can invoice the client my notice period?

Yes, you can.

Whether they have any obligation to pay your invoice is a different question - and you'd need to read your contract carefully to work that out.

[dty]

Congratulations on having a strong IR35 position. :-) Permies get paid notice periods. Contractors get paid for rocking up and doing stuff. (Well, most of them.)

[dty]

Of course, whether they can effectively terminate your contract with no notice is another matter - read you contract to find out. Someone will jump in here soon and make a point about MOO. But I don't think MOO means they have the right to not offer work on a day-to-day basis. I think it means they don't have to offer you more work once the contract concludes (and you don't have to accept).

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't finish that train of thought... So, if your contract says one week's notice, then I would expect to show up, work and get paid for that week. Whether they have the right to tell you not to come in on a day-to-day basis is a separate issue.

[psychocandy]

Give it a go.

[PerfectStorm]

Ask yourself this - if you'd agreed to pay a builder for days worked (as long as work was available AND you were happy fro them to do it), would you expect to pay them their notice period if there was no work to do and/or you were unhappy with them?

You are the builder.

[northernladuk]

Give it a go.

Only if you are going to do it properly otherwise you are just wasting your time.

Give it a go and nail it to them hard and show you aint gonna back down they might sit up and listen.. and then point out your contract says no pay without signed timesheet and you are fooked...

Give it a go and politely ask them if it would be ok if you invoiced for the time you didn't work then just don't bother, they'll pin your note to the noobie contractor board for everyone to laugh at.

If you are gonna try then make sure you do it properly evidencing your contract and so on. Don't even bother if you are going to be limp wristed about it. They do this as a job so they know how to be belligerent and can spot a chancer a mile off.

[northernladuk]

Hi All,

First time posting on here, and also my first contract role, so please excuse me if this is a dumb question:

My contract has been terminated early, and they do not need me to work my notice period, does this mean I can invoice the client my notice period?

and start reading your contract. I would imagine your answer is very clearly explained in there. Usually something to do with needing a signed timesheet, which you don't have.