No notice period?

[TheBigYinJames]

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So if you hired a builder to do some work on your house but he said he was leaving 3 weeks before the work was completed because he'd got some better paying work. You'd be okay with that?
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If the work is a single entity. If I'd hired the builder to do 'general maintenance' around the place and he had been doing that, but needed to leave early, then that might well be ok if there was nothing left to do.

[DS23]

exactly - get in there and tell them that you would like to finish early (pretty please) and show them all the ways that this can be achieved without the project deliverables going tits up. if this means you cranming a bit - then cram. their budget could probably do with a lift anyway.

[SteveT]

The work is more ongoing, i.e. I'm just part of the team working on more than one thing.
basically, there is no single package of work that I'm responsible for...

[BolshieBastard]

If you've got no notice period, it means exactly what it says on the tin.

That said, you're under no obligation to take an extension with your current client so, if you want to leave early, you need to discuss with them AND the agent.

The client will probably accept your request to leave but the agent could potentially be a different matter. They could sue you for loss of commission on the remaining weeks on your contract although they'd have to be real b'stards to do that.

[Hex]

Alternatively send a sub if you can. Otherwise, check your contract for MOO. It could be that you could leave the contract to run its course but just don't turn up. Tell them you're not available for work for the last n weeks of the contract.

Obviously this might p**s them off.

[johnyperu]

u may have missed one thing

if the client has a caluse in the contract so that they can give u notice then by implication u are allowed to give them the same amount of notice

[slackbloke]

if the client has a caluse in the contract so that they can give u notice then by implication u are allowed to give them the same amount of notice

wow, this is a new one on me, are you basing that on some kind of legal principle or personal experience?

[TheBigYinJames]

wow, this is a new one on me, are you basing that on some kind of legal principle or personal experience?

It's not as fat fetches as it sounds. I think there is a european directive (can't cite it uinfortunately) that ensures equitable termination, but I siuspect you have to opt in to get it.

[malvolio]

It's not as fat fetches as it sounds. I think there is a european directive (can't cite it uinfortunately) that ensures equitable termination, but I siuspect you have to opt in to get it.

I suspect you have to be an employee to get it. There's no such limitation on commercial contracts, they can say whatever both sides agree they can say.

[BolshieBastard]

It's not as fat fetches as it sounds. I think there is a european directive (can't cite it uinfortunately) that ensures equitable termination, but I siuspect you have to opt in to get it.

This only applies if you opt in the employment regs. What contractor wants that?