Umbrella Company accepted extension without permission

[Wanderer]

This situation shouldn't have arisen - your other half is an employee of the umbrella company and the contract extension will be business to business BUT the umbrella company should have made sure that your other half was available for the assignment before signing.

While it may be technically correct that a contractor is on the payroll of an umbrella company, that doesn't mean that the contractor is an employee under the direction and/or control of the umbrella. Quite the opposite, the umbrella works for the contractor and they should do what they are told.

If an umbrella has overstepped their authority by accepting a contract renewal without the contractor's written permission then I'd make it clear to the umbrella (and client) that what happened was unacceptable and expect an apology from the umbrella. If the umbrella is too arrogant to accept that what they had done was wrong then I would take this as grounds for terminating the relationship with the umbrella.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

While it may be technically correct that a contractor is on the payroll of an umbrella company, that doesn't mean that the contractor is an employee under the direction and/or control of the umbrella. Quite the opposite, the umbrella works for the contractor and they should do what they are told.

If an umbrella has overstepped their authority by accepting a contract renewal without the contractor's written permission then I'd make it clear to the umbrella (and client) that what happened was unacceptable and expect an apology from the umbrella. If the umbrella is too arrogant to accept that what they had done was wrong then I would take this as grounds for terminating the relationship with the umbrella.

Hey steady on Wanderer I was agreeing with you

I can't see why an umbrella company would sign a contractor without making sure the their employee was happy with the terms that he or she would be working under; all I was saying was that, as the contract is business to business it is the umbrella company that will sign it and not the individual.