How many hours in a working week?

[kellycell]

Hello
I need to provide a sample contract to a new company. What are the standard hours that I should have in my contract? 40?

[gingerjedi]

Hello
I need to provide a sample contract to a new company. What are the standard hours that I should have in my contract? 40?

If you're billing daily then it's 37.5 hours.

If you're Billing hourly then it's 40 hours.

HTH.

[kellycell]

Thank you, i am billing daily.
So that's 7.5 hours a day. Does that include the lunch break?

[MarillionFan]

Thank you, i am billing daily.
So that's 7.5 hours a day. Does that include the lunch break?

You dont get paid for lunch. So 9 - 5.30, is 7.5 with an hour, or 9-5.0, with 1/2 hour

[Zippy]

If you're billing daily then it's 37.5 hours.

If you're Billing hourly then it's 40 hours.

HTH.

36 hours if it is public sector (30 if you include sick and duvet days)

[MarillionFan]

36 hours if it is public sector (30 if you include sick and duvet days)

Why? Is there overtime?

[Wanderer]

If you're billing daily then it's 37.5 hours.
If you're Billing hourly then it's 40 hours.

Nice!

I'll remember that one!

[TykeMerc]

If you're billing daily then it's 37.5 hours.

If you're Billing hourly then it's 40 hours.

HTH.

That's a fair yardstick, but with one caveat, if it's very likely that an Overtime/Out of Hours rate will be agreed and worked then 37.5 and cane the hell out of the overtime rate

I ended up rather well off after a contract like that although the divorce remedied that it the longer run...

[Scrag Meister]

Depends on the client too, as to their expectations.

My current contract says 8 hours a day or any reasonable request beyond, I bill a daily rate, without additional payment. Reasonable in my opinion is a couple of hours to ensure a release goes through smoothly after close of business or similar.

This basically means that I work an 8 hour (8-5, minus 1 for a lunch break) day 95+% of the time but am willing to extend this if needs must.

Professionalism would deem that you need to extend this sometimes to provide a good service to the client. No need to be a pedant, expecting every additional minute to be paid for.

IMHO

[al_cam]

From an IR35 perspective, stated hours are better avoided.
I try to get a clause that states I will supply services for rate x per "professional day", of course, this wouldn't work if you are hourly and want to maximise OT.