Weekend Overtime Claims (Contract Employment)

[patillinganna]

Your issue is with the agent, not the client.
Your contract is with the agent, not the client.
If you are discussing your contract directly with the client, the agent can argue that you are in breach, so be very careful.

So, discuss it with your agent, not the client. The client's HR are dealing with it professionally - you don't have a contract with them, there is nothing they can do to help.
You do not need to bring all three parties together. You need to get together with your agent.

How long has this been going on for? Your initial comment was 20 days over a 2 year period. At any time during those 2 years did you not discuss the payment of overtime with your agent?

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply..

Yes i did discussed and followed up with agent several times but in vain..

1) client said : with respect to weekend work ,i am not sure if i can get it approved..however will try..please share the details..
2) agency said : I have just gone through this email chain and client doesn’t say they will be approved once, in fact he says they might not or will not get approved… this doesn’t support what you are saying.I’m not sure that this will help our case.
3) timesheet (fieldglass) says : approved but M-F (as billable) and sat/sun (as non-billable) as fieldglass by default takes 5 days into billable account and rest as non-billable account but those timesheets are approved by client ..

is this can be the strong point/ground for my case ?


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[WTFH]

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply..

Yes i did discussed and followed up with agent several times but in vain..

1) client said : with respect to weekend work ,i am not sure if i can get it approved..however will try..please share the details..
2) agency said : I have just gone through this email chain and client doesn’t say they will be approved once, in fact he says they might not or will not get approved… this doesn’t support what you are saying.I’m not sure that this will help our case.
3) timesheet (fieldglass) says : approved but M-F (as billable) and sat/sun (as non-billable) as fieldglass by default takes 5 days into billable account and rest as non-billable account but those timesheets are approved by client ..

is this can be the strong point/ground for my case ?


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How much of these discussions do you have in writing, or were they all done on the phone?

After you didn't get paid for the first couple of weekends work, why did you persist in working weekends for free?

And if you're going to go legal, do you have deep pockets? A solicitor will bill you £200-400 per hour.

[northernladuk]

Over what period did you do this overtime? Did you not get warning signs that you weren't being paid it in the period you worked in?

[patillinganna]

How much of these discussions do you have in writing, or were they all done on the phone?

After you didn't get paid for the first couple of weekends work, why did you persist in working weekends for free?

And if you're going to go legal, do you have deep pockets? A solicitor will bill you £200-400 per hour.

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Thanks for your email.

Above discussion points which i put is in email..
yes i do agree that i should have stopped or get necessary approval before going ahead doing those weekend overtimes..my bad..
i did those based on mutual faith and trust (somethings are black and white and most of them are not) thinking at some point it will be either compensated or comp-off but unfortunately it was neither compensated nor i got any comp-offs.client took it for granted..
the amount in question is 20 days * 420 daily rate = 8400
to be honest with you,for me its a matter of principle,trust and ethics more than money to reach out to solution..

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[RyanDS]

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Hi,

Thanks for your reply..

Yes i did discussed and followed up with agent several times but in vain..

1) client said : with respect to weekend work ,i am not sure if i can get it approved..however will try..please share the details..
2) agency said : I have just gone through this email chain and client doesn’t say they will be approved once, in fact he says they might not or will not get approved… this doesn’t support what you are saying.I’m not sure that this will help our case.
3) timesheet (fieldglass) says : approved but M-F (as billable) and sat/sun (as non-billable) as fieldglass by default takes 5 days into billable account and rest as non-billable account but those timesheets are approved by client ..

is this can be the strong point/ground for my case ?


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On the plus side, if the hours are showing on fieldglass (even if not billable) you have proof of hours worked in your favour.

[northernladuk]

On the plus side, if the hours are showing on fieldglass (even if not billable) you have proof of hours worked in your favour.

Not if they weren't approved.

[WTFH]

Not if they weren't approved.

And he didn't invoice for them.

[RyanDS]

Not if they weren't approved.

I thought they were approved, but approved as non billable?

Which makes it worth a punt at least if he hasn't opted out of the agency regs to make a claim.

[northernladuk]

I thought they were approved, but approved as non billable?

Which makes it worth a punt at least if he hasn't opted out of the agency regs to make a claim.

From his original post..

but unfortunately client didn’t approved it (neither comp off nor paid) citing reason “I tried to get approvals but since project is decommissioned it’s not approved..sorry”

They are just meaningless numbers on a CRM.

[RyanDS]

From his original post..



They are just meaningless numbers on a CRM.

Which is directly contradicted by "timesheet (fieldglass) says : approved but M-F (as billable) and sat/sun (as non-billable) as fieldglass by default takes 5 days into billable account and rest as non-billable account but those timesheets are approved by client "