Another quick opt question

[KevinS]

On the other hand if the agent is fair and good you should not try it on.

[NickNick]

Listen guys. What's all this about? We are the Ltd Co Big Boys in the contracting/temp (sorry if that word offends) world.

Did we survive before this opt in/out thing - der...yes. It is govt sponsered control freak nonsense and many of you are biting this maggot. This legislation is aimed at low level temp staff. As the PCG has stated, we can stand on our own feet. I don't need no govt legislation to get my money or anythingelse. They should p!ss off out of our business. If you need to rely on this piece of ballpat legislation go back to the permie world where you belong. And as for going direct - you can go direct any time if the client allows it. Twice in the last 8 years after an agent p1ssed me off I simply went direct. Agent whined like a sick dog, but that's all. On the other hand if the agent is fair and good you should not try it on.

After going direct and having to dump a load of legal threats from an agency in the bin, I now find myself inthe position where the same agency is courting me for work. To me this shows that there really is nothing in the handcuffs legislation otherwise they would have followed it up surely? And yes I knwo tha tone swallow doesn't make a summer, but still.

And as for a Fair Agent? Isn't that an oxymoron along the lines of "police intelligence"?

[TheFaQQer]

After going direct and having to dump a load of legal threats from an agency in the bin, I now find myself inthe position where the same agency is courting me for work. To me this shows that there really is nothing in the handcuffs legislation otherwise they would have followed it up surely? And yes I knwo tha tone swallow doesn't make a summer, but still.

And as for a Fair Agent? Isn't that an oxymoron along the lines of "police intelligence"?

orgy

[tim123]

What? Opted in you have a maximum 6 weeks handcuff, opt out it's anything up to 6 months. And the agent doesn't get a cut, he gets the business. You get the cut.

I don't care how you think it should be seen, if the client see it differently, then the client see it differently, end of.

As to the handcuff you stated, that's the aiting period between contracts. Opted in you can go direct after 14 weeks without a waiting period.

tim

[Archangel]

I don't care how you think it should be seen, if the client see it differently, then the client see it differently, end of.

As to the handcuff you stated, that's the aiting period between contracts. Opted in you can go direct after 14 weeks without a waiting period.

tim

Tim, I think I'm being a bit thick here (no news there then!) but I don;t understand what happened, could you explain for the hard of thinking?

1) You got a gig through an agency
2) You opted in to the regs
3) The client didn't renew you "because he didn't want to pay the agency cut"

What has 3 got to do with 2?