Ltd Company IT Contractor, Termination Prior to Start

[psychocandy]

Just as we were discussing last night, the world is a very small place.
I know, for one thing, if I had a reputation for this I wouldn't last 5 minutes in London, as everyone pretty much knows each other, its a fairly small market.

It depends though. I've known people work for a client and then want to leave a month early and client has been ok with it.

They take the view that its unfortunate but they did agree to having it in there after all, so good luck to that person and no hard feelings.

[psychocandy]

Yeah to a certain extend but what would happen if everyone went mercenary? There wouldn't be notice periods and contracts would be much more locked down. The whole way of doing business would be different etc. It works because most are there to do business, not screw clients over to make a few quid.

You are right though, it's there to use if you wish. It's like many of the rules. They got put in place for a reason yet some will use it in a way it wasn't really designed for. The contracting model is probably the best example. Some of them suit us and some don't. Guess it's the way of the world. The more people decide to do this the harder it's gonna get for us in the long run.

He can't claim his notice period. He can only claim 1k.

Yes. In my case it was just one day notice so well below £1000.

[MrMarkyMark]

It depends though. I've known people work for a client and then want to leave a month early and client has been ok with it.

They take the view that its unfortunate but they did agree to having it in there after all, so good luck to that person and no hard feelings.

True, I was speaking about my personal work situation and the way I operate.
Slightly different in the IB's as people move around a lot, so can take it a lot more personally.

[ausiee]

Well, thank you all for your comments and advises.

The engagement I was on was about to end anyway around end of July, the hiring manager told me in the beginning if they have something else going on then they would let me complete my contract, otherwise will release me. From my point of view, if I hadn't pushed the notice forward, I would have received the notice by that time anyway.. so that was thoroughly considered. Of course reputation is something most of the contractors are vary of.

The fact that the new engagement is not cancelled, but agency cancelled my contract, strikes out the termination clause as it states that if client terminates or change the start date of the contract and agency notifies consultant immediately, then consultant wouldn't get paid... In this case this is not true.. the engagement is still on. However, client never stated that they are ready to hire me. They said speak to your agency.

I am not a IPSE member.

Also, there is another clause regarding timesheet and agency not being paid etc.. but shouldn't not be my concern. Its between agency and client, my contract was with agency only.

[northernladuk]

Looks like you are done at both clients then. Time to start looking for a new gig. Onwards and upwards.

[SlipTheJab]

Yes. In my case it was just one day notice so well below £1000.

Can we have the total sum in weekly multiples of JSA please