An alternative to notice period clause

[malvolio]

What contract has an "Any Reason" termination clause?

Yours, probably. A recent one I've seen contained, inter alia,

[If] for any reason the Client terminates its corresponding agreement with the Company in relation to the provision of the Services by the Supplier or requests that the Consultant be removed or replaced as consultant, and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall incur no liability for Losses in connection with any such termination.

They don't fire you, they simply terminate the bit of the contract of supply with the agency that includes your services. At which point the contract is null and void. At which point, you aren't owed notice.

QED.

[Spacecadet]

Yours, probably. A recent one I've seen contained, inter alia,

They don't fire you, they simply terminate the bit of the contract of supply with the agency that includes your services. At which point the contract is null and void. At which point, you aren't owed notice.

QED.

That looks like its from a very dodgy agency contract which should have been contested before signing!

[malvolio]

That looks like its from a very dodgy agency contract which should have been contested before signing!

Have you read yours?

[SueEllen]

Have you read yours?

I read mine and make sure mine don't have such a clause in it.

The client can terminate my company if my company's supplied consultant(s) are not up to scratch or the work runs out.

The agency can only terminate with reasonable clause including in some cases the client not paying them.

In regards to early termination fees - I got one once but then I was direct.

[Wanderer]

They don't fire you, they simply terminate the bit of the contract of supply with the agency that includes your services. At which point the contract is null and void. At which point, you aren't owed notice.

So it comes back to my question. What does the notice period (from the agency to the contractor) mean? If the contract can be terminated under the clause you point out then why do they include this "notice period"? It makes no sense.

Here's an idea. We know the client is aware of the notice period for the contractor because this is one of the terms written into schedule of the agency->client contract. If the client wants a contractor off site (for no good reason other than early termination), the agency demands that the notice period is paid. They then refuse to pass this on to the contractor. Nice little earner for them.

How do we know that this isn't happening?

[jonathanOnshore2010]

Isn't there such a concept as a "fair contract" which can be disputed under law regardless of what you sign?

[Spacecadet]

Have you read yours?

Big assumption that I'm going through an agency there!