Agency have put wrong daily rate on contract and have only just noticed...2 months in

[northernladyuk]

^^ It's gotta be this. Like NLUK points out 100 notes a day is a big markup, get them down to at least 50 and agree to pay the difference back, win, win.

Really? 10% markup seems pretty reasonable.

[northernladuk]

Really? 10% markup seems pretty reasonable.

Nah. They guy can't even read his contract. It's probably more like 50%

[northernladyuk]

Nah. They guy can't even read his contract. It's probably more like 50%

Markup or margin?

[northernladuk]

Markup or margin?

I'd have to ask my accountant.

[chickenlegs]

Personally, I don't think the agency has a leg to stand on. Rate y was in the contract AND they've been paying rate y. I take it rate y is on your invoices too, so plenty of opportunity to spot the error earlier. If rate x was on the contract, then it would be a different.

Do you have any free legal or contract advice options avaluable to you, maybe through professional insurances? I'd want to know for sure where I stood legally.

I'd be trying very hard for option 2, followed by option 1.5 as others have suggested if you want to be nice.

[adubya]

If it goes to court you will be asked what was verbally agreed

It was rate y M'luud.

[northernladyuk]

Personally, I don't think the agency has a leg to stand on. Rate y was in the contract AND they've been paying rate y. I take it rate y is on your invoices too, so plenty of opportunity to spot the error earlier. If rate x was on the contract, then it would be a different.

Do you have any free legal or contract advice options avaluable to you, maybe through professional insurances? I'd want to know for sure where I stood legally.

I'd be trying very hard for option 2, followed by option 1.5 as others have suggested if you want to be nice.

They can terminate the contract.

[ladymuck]

At no point have I made a mistake. I did read the contract and and was prepared to see where it lead. It's now lead to this, hence my options/questions.

So you KNEW the contract was wrong. You KNEW they were paying the wrong amount and (I presume) you therefore WILFULLY invoiced the wrong amount.

Option 2 is your most favourable outcome but, as the error is just as much yours as it is theirs, then Option 1 is fairest. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

Option 3 is just pathetic given that you willingly creamed the money off them and now think it's their fault. Nice attitude.

Option 4 is only achievable without a handcuff clause.

[northernladyuk]

So you KNEW the contract was wrong. You KNEW they were paying the wrong amount and (I presume) you therefore WILFULLY invoiced the wrong amount.

Option 2 is your most favourable outcome but, as the error is just as much yours as it is theirs, then Option 1 is fairest. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.

Option 3 is just pathetic given that you willingly creamed the money off them and now think it's their fault. Nice attitude.

Option 4 is only achievable without a handcuff clause.

Think. What would Dodgy Agent do?

[SlipTheJab]

Think. What would Dodgy Agent do?

Come on here and whinge about it for ages?