IT Agency that dont pay you....

[Antman]

OP says they've lost 8K, so they've either worked 28 days for free or got their knickers in a twist about payment schedules.

[monkfish]

Has anyone been affected by working thru IT agencies and they give you the clause in the contract that you have to work 28 days first and then you get paid weekly after after that...?

Think its been said before - read and understand the contract. Discuss and negotiate terms, particularly payment.

You're perfectly entitled to reject or query any particular contract from agencies. They don't just give you a contract and force you to sign it.

Did you opt out?

[Sausage Surprise]

Has anyone been affected by working thru IT agencies and they give you the clause in the contract that you have to work 28 days first and then you get paid weekly after after that...?

Well i did, and now ive lost approx 8k...

Ive tried everything to get money owed to me, what checks to others do to ensure that this does not happen to you... Any advice given would be handy.....


please reply if anybody wants the agency name...

Elan did that to me once.....weekly pay but they held a month in hand basically. Never again though....!!

[Safe Collections]

Sorry to hear about this.

Have a read of this post:
http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...ml#post1351193

Thomas Higgins will be able to help with this, or poster Safe Collections will be able to help.

It will cost a bit but it's worth it if you get your 8K back.

(Also Google 'dunning').

Cheers Cojak

But like others we are a little bit confused by the OPs post... Any clarification OP?

[UKITContractor]

To clarify - are you saying you were expected to work for 28 days for nothing or are you saying that their payment terms are 30 days???

you work for 28 days and then you get youtr first weeks pay and then weekly after..

[cojak]

you work for 28 days and then you get youtr first weeks pay and then weekly after..

Ah, well that's just weekly invoices paid monthly. You'll get your 28 days pay one month after you finish this contract (as will be explained in the contract you signed).

This form of payment isn't unusual.

[eek]

Ah, well that's just weekly invoices paid monthly. You'll get your 28 days pay one month after you finish this contract (as will be explained in the contract you signed).

This form of payment isn't unusual.

+1 28 day payment terms is standard for all businesses as banks aren't as understanding as they used to be.

You're lucky to have weekly billing from the off with 28 day payment terms its usually attached to monthly invoicing.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

you work for 28 days and then you get youtr first weeks pay and then weekly after..

Oh ok - that's nothing unusual and don't worry you haven't lost £8k

[kevpuk]

I work to something similar - weekly invoicing about 3 weeks behind; works good for me

[Safe Collections]

As others have said, it is a common payment system.

As long as the payments are made on time and the client doesn't start getting behind it shouldn't be anything to worry about