Help needed!

[psychocandy]

To be fair to OP, shes made a few mistakes and things have gone badly. It is a shock.

But admit it, even those of us who've been treated like this before, do you really just shrug and say oh well? Come on - everyone's going to be a bit pissed off arent they?

I remember getting shafted when I was a permie. Employer walked a few people on trumped up charges and got them to sign a compromise agreement rather than go through the proper redundancy process. You realise sod all you can do about it but I remember I was steaming mad at the time!

[WTFH]

If the client does it, you suck it up, sorry. If the agent does it, you consider going legal.

[Taita]

Can someone explain why I have no rights and cannot challenge this unfair treatment?

Limited Companies do not have 'employee' rights.

[LondonManc]

Sorry to hear it but if you've been discussing rates during your notice period (other than, yay, been offered a new one on £50/day more than here) then you're on thin ice.

1/ Exit cleanly - if you've got all your timesheets signed off, send a final invoice and (keeping a copy) the signed timesheets to the agent. If you need to pursue outstanding payment, there are guidelines in place to recovering it, as mentioned previously

2/ Learn your lessons - you're a business, no longer an employee; you have certain rights but nothing compared to what you have as an employee. You are compensated accordingly in your day rate.

3/ Get looking - get your cv together, get back on the market and reason for leaving (if asked) is contract cut short. It's happening a lot at the moment.

4/ Read your rental agreement; if you're committed to the full term of it, explain the situation to the letting agent and look at getting out of it if you can (or sub-letting to recover some of the cost if allowed).