client not authorising my last timesheet.

[jjpowell2007]

I have been working for a client for the past 3 months. I had a weeks notice period between myself and the agency. I gave them a weeks notice, but the client was unaware that I had such a short notice period. Anyway, they are so annoyed that they ware refusing to authorise my final week timesheet. Which is leaving me out of pocket. Is there anything I can do? It just seems really spiteful.

[d000hg]

Just invoice the agency as normal. Wait to kick up a fuss until they do, or they don't pay. Then make it clear it's their problem getting money from the client, and has no standing on the agency's requirement to pay you for services rendered.

[BolshieBastard]

I have been working for a client for the past 3 months. I had a weeks notice period between myself and the agency. I gave them a weeks notice, but the client was unaware that I had such a short notice period. Anyway, they are so annoyed that they ware refusing to authorise my final week timesheet. Which is leaving me out of pocket. Is there anything I can do? It just seems really spiteful.

You could stamp your feet and scweam and scweam and scweam!

[explorer]

I have been working for a client for the past 3 months. I had a weeks notice period between myself and the agency. I gave them a weeks notice, but the client was unaware that I had such a short notice period. Anyway, they are so annoyed that they ware refusing to authorise my final week timesheet. Which is leaving me out of pocket. Is there anything I can do? It just seems really spiteful.

what's their argument for not signing-off the time-sheet? Surely they cannot say that the notice was too-short, as it was conformant to the contract..Send your ex-manager at the clientco the timesheet with a detailed break-down of the work you performed in that week, copy to his boss and the pimp at the agency. Be prepared to support the work you did with emails etc..

[malvolio]

what's their argument for not signing-off the time-sheet? Surely they cannot say that the notice was too-short, as it was conformant to the contract..Send your ex-manager at the clientco the timesheet with a detailed break-down of the work you performed in that week, copy to his boss and the pimp at the agency. Be prepared to support the work you did with emails etc..

Two problems here. The OP's contract with the agency will tie payment to receipt of a signed timesheet. Secondly the agent/client contract will almost certainly not have a one-week notice period in it, which is why they're annoyed; it will either have one month or perhaps no notice at all and that's the one they are working to. They won't give a stuff about the OP's contract withe agency, it's not their problem.

So the OPshould simplywalk away. And as a general rule, don't leave contracts in the middle, no matter what the "notice" period says, all it achieves is to lose you money.

[TheFaQQer]

If you did not opt out, in writing, before being introduced to the client, then they must pay you as long as you can prove you did the work.

Invoice the party that you have a contract with (agency) and chase them for late payment when they refuse because the client hasn't paid them.

[TheFaQQer]

Two problems here. The OP's contract with the agency will tie payment to receipt of a signed timesheet.

Which is worthless if they didn't opt out properly.

Secondly the agent/client contract will almost certainly not have a one-week notice period in it, which is why they're annoyed; it will either have one month or perhaps no notice at all and that's the one they are working to. They won't give a stuff about the OP's contract withe agency, it's not their problem.

They need to take it up with the party they have a contract with.

So the OPshould simplywalk away. And as a general rule, don't leave contracts in the middle, no matter what the "notice" period says, all it achieves is to lose you money.

Bollocks. You are in business - start acting like one. If I have a contract that gives me the right to terminate early, and I want to terminate early - then I will do so, and I expect the contract to be honoured in terms of payment for the work that has been completed.

[explorer]

The OP's contract with the agency will tie payment to receipt of a signed timesheet.

Hence the suggestion to make an attempt to get the time-sheet signed-off.

Secondly the agent/client contract will almost certainly not have a one-week notice period in it

Possibly

which is why they're annoyed

Annoyed with who? The client has all the reasons to be pissed off with the agency, as they should have kept the notice specified in their contract with the client in mind (or if their's nothing stated in the contract, they should have considered asking them,, after all it's what theya re paid for). But as we all know well, most of the agencies have standard contracts, and the pimps handling them have the least idea of what's stated therein..

They won't give a stuff about the OP's contract withe agency

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It's not a choice they have to make. C has no discretion/authority to poke it's nose into the contract between of A with B..

it's not their problem.

Neither is it OP's. All OP has to try and do, is to prove (if it comes to it), that s/he performed meaningful and productive work, and met deadlines (if any) during that week, as a natural continuation of the work s/he had been doing the week before, and s/he should be good to go.

So the OPshould simplywalk away

Would disagree..

And as a general rule, don't leave contracts in the middle

Nice advice, unless it's one of those crapy places to work at..see suity's numerous rants on such places/contracts..

[Wanderer]

Two problems here. The OP's contract with the agency will tie payment to receipt of a signed timesheet.

Which means nothing unless the contractor was dumb enough to opt out of the agency regulations. jjpowell2007, if you opted out then stop reading now, walk away and don't make that dumb mistake again.

If you didn't opt out, then it doesn't matter if there is a signed timesheet or not, the Agency still have to pay.

1. Invoice the agent and make it plain to them that they have to pay even in the absence of a signed timesheet.
2. If they don't pay up remind them that they face a bill for a penalty and interest.
3. If they still refuse then take it to court and they can continue to argue the case there.

As soon as legal get involved they will most likely roll over and pay up. Don't forget that this contract is 100% between you and the agency, it's NOTHING to do with the client so don't even entertain any suggestions that it is (including the one from mavolio below).

Secondly the agent/client contract will almost certainly not have a one-week notice period in it, which is why they're annoyed; it will either have one month or perhaps no notice at all and that's the one they are working to. They won't give a stuff about the OP's contract withe agency, it's not their problem.

So what? Really, WHAT does that have to do with anything? What matters is the contract between the worker (or their LTD) and the agency. The worker does the work, the agency pays them. If the client doesn't pay the agency then it's the agency problem not the worker. Agency pays up and then sort it out with the client.

So the OPshould simplywalk away. And as a general rule, don't leave contracts in the middle, no matter what the "notice" period says, all it achieves is to lose you money.

Nonsense.

And who said the OP left the contract "in the middle" anyway? For all we know, it could have been a rolling or long term contract with no end date and just a 1 week notice period. If the client is dumb enough to let the agency supply a worker on 1 week's notice then that's their bad luck. Maybe the agency and the client will both learn a lesson from that one.