Contract termination period

[fraymond]

You could consider paying a solicitor their hourly rate to draft a polite, but firmly worded notice of demand for the full 4 weeks and send that to the agency. That will quickly flush out the truth of the matter I expect.

[SueEllen]

That is a hell of an assumption bearing in mind 99% of us are on T&M no?

The reason I said the OP could go after the agency for the two weeks if she can be bothered is because the agency is refusing to pay the contract notice period and so are breaching the contract terms.

The agency knows what is in both contracts as they negotiated both of them. Therefore they can't deny they don't know what is in them, and any reasonable person would expect that the notice period in the contracts would be aligned with each other.

However as the agency couldn't be bothered to align the contractor's contract with the one they negotiated with the client they need to pay up the two weeks from their own pocket.

Agencies and clients can get rid of you immediately for acting inappropriately etc but in this case the fact that the client is paying 2 weeks notice as per the contract they negotiated with the agency indicates clearly there was nothing wrong with the contractors' behaviour, work etc

Invoicing the agency for the full amount, and then threatening them with court action when they miss the payment date then possibly starting it should get the agency to pay up in most cases. However they may be one of these agencies who have a habit of screwing contractors so have a few CCJs against them....

[northernladuk]

The reason I said the OP could go after the agency for the two weeks if she can be bothered is because the agency is refusing to pay the contract notice period and so are breaching the contract terms.

The agency knows what is in both contracts as they negotiated both of them. Therefore they can't deny they don't know what is in them, and any reasonable person would expect that the notice period in the contracts would be aligned with each other.

However as the agency couldn't be bothered to align the contractor's contract with the one they negotiated with the client they need to pay up the two weeks from their own pocket.

Agencies and clients can get rid of you immediately for acting inappropriately etc but in this case the fact that the client is paying 2 weeks notice as per the contract they negotiated with the agency indicates clearly there was nothing wrong with the contractors' behaviour, work etc

Invoicing the agency for the full amount, and then threatening them with court action when they miss the payment date then possibly starting it should get the agency to pay up in most cases. However they may be one of these agencies who have a habit of screwing contractors so have a few CCJs against them....

At which point they will ask for signed timesheets.........

[Wanderer]

At which point they will ask for signed timesheets.........

At which point you remind them that you didn't opt out.

[SueEllen]

At which point you remind them that you didn't opt out.

Even if she has opted-out I strongly doubt the agency is asking for timesheets for the 2 weeks she is already getting. This would indicate it's a breach of contract and the agency are just lying to cover their mistake for not noticing the notice periods are different on the contracts.