agency wont pay because client wont sign timesheet after work completed

[pmeswani]

Call me old fashioned, but why didn't you get it signed/approved before you left? This is probably the top of my leaving list....... in fact, I probably wouldn't have left without it being signed by someone.

That same thought occured to me too. Too damned afraid to ask.

[lambrini_socialist]

That same thought occured to me too. Too damned afraid to ask.

sounds like maybe you had a less-than-great relationship with the client during your time there?

[pmeswani]

sounds like maybe you had a less-than-great relationship with the client during your time there?

? I was actually agreeing with the the guy who was suggesting what I was thinking. Haven't had any problems with getting my timesheets signed.

[lambrini_socialist]

? I was actually agreeing with the the guy who was suggesting what I was thinking. Haven't had any problems with getting my timesheets signed.

oops, my bad, can't read

[Badger]

Call me old fashioned, but why didn't you get it signed/approved before you left? This is probably the top of my leaving list....... in fact, I probably wouldn't have left without it being signed by someone.

Ditto, I never, ever 'submit' a timesheet for approval, I want a hard copy and will wait until it's signed before leaving any gig.

[pmeswani]

oops, my bad, can't read

No probs. It's nearly home time. Let you off. Any other time of day, you wouldn't be as easily forgiven.

[Turion]

Forget any of the 'agency must pay if opted in' stuff you may hear, as they most definitely will not without proof that you delivered the services. Hence you need to get that signed timesheet. Go back to the client and ask them to sign it and make a stink if they don't.

In future, before leaving a gig ensure that you get that TS signed.

[Another Dodgy Agent]

Forget any of the 'agency must pay if opted in' stuff you may hear, as they most definitely will not without proof that you delivered the services. Hence you need to get that signed timesheet. Go back to the client and ask them to sign it and make a stink if they don't.

In future, before leaving a gig ensure that you get that TS signed.

Agreed +1

[Mich the Tester]

I have only once experienced a client who refused to sign a timesheet; the manager who had to sign was replaced during the month I started working, and the new manager said she wouldn’t sign for the first two weeks as she hadn’t been there to see me at work. I went to her boss, who also refused to sign, saying he’d been on holiday and hadn’t seen me so he couldn’t sign. I then said ‘OK, well I won’t be here next week then, goodbye’ and went home. The CIO then heard that his ‘top priority’ project would be delayed as the only person who knew how to run the migration programs had walked out, and phoned me on Saturday morning to say I should come back on Monday and there would be a signed timesheet on my desk on my return.

I’m pretty straight about this; any delaying or screwing around with timesheets or payments and I’m out. If they want credit they should speak to their bank.

I learned my lesson as a permie working in a company that was going under; I received no salary for two months and then some bailiffs turned up at my front door to take away my company car as the boss hadn’t paid the lease. They advised me not to go to work until I’d been paid and to get a solicitor. I actually cut my losses and found another job quickly, as I should have done earlier, but I was out of pocket for 2 months salary, pension contributions, healthcare premiums and fuel costs; I will not let it reach that point again.

I’d echo what others have said; never leave without a signed timesheet.

[The Lone Gunman]

I dont think you would get anywhere, but try sending the client a letter stating that as you have not been paid for the work it is still your intellectual property and they do not have permission to use it in any way. Knock up a very expensive licence agreement at least double what they owe you and ongoing. See what a legal bod thinks.

That is assuming you do that kind of work.