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[Swamp Thing]

Weelll, in that case: tell them you want to work 25 hrs each week and bill them for 35. And that you want to work from home 5 days a week. Sounds like they'll give you anything now.

 

[ladymuck]

The agency is Modis. The contract is a joke.

I'm with Modis at the moment. Generally not too bad but they are as dumb as a box of rocks.

 

[BoredBloke]

the trouble is, I don't want the job.

I have something of a dilema.

This job is in the bag, the pay is not great but it is better that the zero I am on at the moment. It is also commutable.

I have also been asked to do an interview for a previous client, during the first week in the job above. I'm trying to get them to make it a telephone interview. This job pays vastly more money than the one above but it is obviously not in the bag. They are seeing others and so could offer it to one of them. The role is a little different to what I have done in the past but would be very good for the CV. It is also for a longer period of time, but is not commutable.

The new contract should be with me tomorrow. If it is not up to scratch I wil refuse to go on site until a suitable contract comes my way. Hopefully I can spin this out enough to fit in the interview.

 

[Clog II The Avenger]

The agency is Modis. The contract is a joke.

Modis! I just spat my coffee out! Don't do it.

 

[BoredBloke]

"I'm with Modis at the moment. Generally not too bad but they are as dumb as a box of rocks."

Did you have that clause in your contract about paying back money?

 

[BoredBloke]

Has anybody got any valid clauses I should ask to be included if they are missing. I have asked for a substitution clause.

 

[Mordac]

Has anybody got any valid clauses I should ask to be included if they are missing. I have asked for a substitution clause.

You want absence of MOO, and control over the way you provide any services, for starters.

 

[bernie]

TonyEnglish ,your Modis contract does not seem standard to me. I start a contract secured with Modis next week monday. In the contract, they require me to indemnify my limited company to the value of £500,000 for Professional Liability and £500,000 for Public Liability. I have worked with Modis several times in my 13 years as a Freelancer , and have never had a clause which requires me to pay back monies in the event of termination in the first four weeks. Ask them to send you a schedule for Limited Company suppliers on Projects, and their standard terms and conditions for Limited company Suppliers( as a starting point and work in the clauses you want ...negotiate man) . ...or are you going through the umbrella route?

 

[BoredBloke]

bernie - The contract arrived earlier today. It has Modis in big blue letters and titled 'Proposal For An Assignment' Basic Limited Company Contract.

What I suspect is that Modis are preferred supplier to this company and it is their standard contract and that the terms and conditions reflect what the end client wants in the contract.

A new contract should be making its way to me. However because of the nature of this contract, and especially that refund term, I want to get it checked and verified before I set foot on the client site. My first day was supposed to be Tuesday but I don't think this is going to happen now. Because this contract was so IR35 unfriendly I want to get it checked for that also.

Anybody know anyone who is any good in the North West for IR35 compliance checks?

 

[Mordac]

Anybody know anyone who is any good in the North West for IR35 compliance checks?

Just email Sarah Bauer at Bauer & Cottrell - sarah.bauer(at)bauerandcottrell.co.uk
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