Originally posted by psychocandy
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Exactly that. Unless the client can get out of any restriction, you having a shorter restriction is irrelevant.Originally posted by MaryPoppins -
If you don't opt out then the maximum restriction is 14 weeks from the start or 8 weeks from the end of the contract (whichever is later). This is a statutory right, nothing in any contract with any party (other than an opt out by the worker) can change this. End of story.
No, that is totally wrong. There are far too many bed wetters on this forum who would have us believe nonsense like this. I really don't know why people are so desperate to bend over and be shafted by agencies.whereas I might be free to do as I wish client may not. I can sign a contract now direct with any client I wish but this does not mean there is not something in the client-agency contract preventing them from doing so?
Listen carefully folks. The law regulates the way an Employment Agency or Employment Businesses operates and it applies equally to the Agency's business dealings with the client as it does to the dealings with the contractor.Free advice and opinions - refunds are available if you are not 100% satisfied.Comment
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Which is why agencies really, really want you to opt out......Originally posted by Wanderer View PostIf you don't opt out then the maximum restriction is 14 weeks from the start or 8 weeks from the end of the contract (whichever is later). This is a statutory right, nothing in any contract with any party (other than an opt out by the worker) can change this. End of story.
No, that is totally wrong. There are far too many bed wetters on this forum who would have us believe nonsense like this. I really don't know why people are so desperate to bend over and be shafted by agencies.
Listen carefully folks. The law regulates the way an Employment Agency or Employment Businesses operates and it applies equally to the Agency's business dealings with the client as it does to the dealings with the contractor.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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One of several reasons.....Originally posted by eek View Post
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100% sure on that? I thought it only applied to relationship between worker (contractor) and agency?Originally posted by Wanderer View PostIf you don't opt out then the maximum restriction is 14 weeks from the start or 8 weeks from the end of the contract (whichever is later). This is a statutory right, nothing in any contract with any party (other than an opt out by the worker) can change this. End of story.
No, that is totally wrong. There are far too many bed wetters on this forum who would have us believe nonsense like this. I really don't know why people are so desperate to bend over and be shafted by agencies.
Listen carefully folks. The law regulates the way an Employment Agency or Employment Businesses operates and it applies equally to the Agency's business dealings with the client as it does to the dealings with the contractor.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Did you read the regulations before you posted? (That's not actually a dig by the way because its like wadding through treacle)....Originally posted by psychocandy View Postmerely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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I had exactly the same thought - I've read the regulations a number of times before, in full, as well.Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
However, looking around the web, there is a good summary on Freelance Advisor:
I don't think it's a case of people bending over to appease agencies, or bed wetting - it's a common misunderstanding about the regulations.Temp-to-perm fees and temp-to-temp fees
- These can be charged as long as the hirer has first had the option to have the worker supplied by the Business for a set period of hire. After this the worker can transfer without a fee. There is no time limit for the extended period of hire. The worker must be provided for all of the set period for hire, unless the Employment Business is prevented from doing this for reasons that aren’t their own fault.
- These can only be charged when the ‘transfer’ takes place within either 14 weeks of the start of the first assignment with the hirer or 8 weeks of the end of any assignment (whichever is the later date). Otherwise the end-hirer does not need to pay a transfer fee. If the worker has been on more than one assignment with a break of more than 42 days between assignment, the 14 week period starts again.
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Go on, give it a go.Originally posted by northernladuk View PostOriginally posted by MaryPoppinsOriginally posted by vetranComment
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Yes, they are a bit of an insomnia cure.Originally posted by eek View Post
The relevant part of the Agency Conduct Regulations is Section 10 which is entitled Restriction on charges to hirers and states that a restriction or temp-to-perm fee is unenforceable beyond 14 weeks from the start or 8 weeks from the end of the contract (whichever is longer).
And sorry for calling people bedwetters, I was having a bit of a grumpy moment.
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