Have broken a habit

[SteelyDan]

Yes, I'm afraid we had to strip the free assessments back to one per policy. We basically had an entire team of experienced consultants doing free reviews and when IR35 investigations started to ramp up it meant we weren't making as much money out of the fear factor industry which we'd created .

FTFY

[Bunk]

...and you needed QDOS to point this out to you?

No, he needed QDOS to tell him that that was the only thing wrong with it

[speling bee]

This one is turning into a bit of a marathon.

Client (a consultancy) has accepted changes so it's looking like a good contract now - in respect to original points raised.

But I also queried payment terms which are payment 10 days after Consultancy's client has paid consultancy(!) Which leaves MyCo stuck in case of non-payment or late payment. Who can MyCo sue? There us no question about end client's ability to pay but that doesn't mean they will pay. They appear to be unwilling to budge but I will continue to try to negotiate.

Has anyone else ever come across this?

[suityou01]

This one is turning into a bit of a marathon.

Client (a consultancy) has accepted changes so it's looking like a good contract now - in respect to original points raised.

But I also queried payment terms which are payment 10 days after Consultancy's client has paid consultancy(!) Which leaves MyCo stuck in case of non-payment or late payment. Who can MyCo sue? There us no question about end client's ability to pay but that doesn't mean they will pay. They appear to be unwilling to budge but I will continue to try to negotiate.

Has anyone else ever come across this?

Payment terms need to be x days from date of receipt of invoice. Otherwise what's the point of the agency?

Suggest to the agent you will talk to client co about using a big agency, ditch these small timers like Dodgy.

[suityou01]

I off fooked a role earlier this year for having a bloody awful contract. I used QDos and was very happy with the service, and price.

Current ClientCo has asked it's contractors to fill in holiday request forms

Worse still, the consultants from the larger consultancies don't have to

You'd think after nearly 20 years Hr depts would have the hang of IR35 by now.

[eek]

I off fooked a role earlier this year for having a bloody awful contract. I used QDos and was very happy with the service, and price.

Current ClientCo has asked it's contractors to fill in holiday request forms

Worse still, the consultants from the larger consultancies don't have to

You'd think after nearly 20 years Hr depts would have the hang of IR35 by now.

You'd think after nearly 20 years contractors would know that HR Depts couldn't care less about things like IR35...

[suityou01]

You'd think after nearly 20 years contractors would know that HR Depts couldn't care less about things like IR35...

Fair one.
ClientCo is concerned about a contractor walkout though.

[speling bee]

Payment terms need to be x days from date of receipt of invoice. Otherwise what's the point of the agency?

Suggest to the agent you will talk to client co about using a big agency, ditch these small timers like Dodgy.

Yes indeedy! They are a smallish consultancy, not an agency, but they do appear to take on associates reasonably frequently. I can't go direct as it's a piece of consultancy work as part of a team. I hope to get in sorted as it's an interesting piece of work, highest rate ever and a nice bunch of people.

But... I need legal remedy in the event of non-payment, even though that is an unlikely risk.

[suityou01]

Yes indeedy! They are a smallish consultancy, not an agency, but they do appear to take on associates reasonably frequently. I can't go direct as it's a piece of consultancy work as part of a team. I hope to get in sorted as it's an interesting piece of work, highest rate ever and a nice bunch of people.

But... I need legal remedy in the event of non-payment, even though that is an unlikely risk.

Enlist with a factoring company.

[speling bee]

Enlist with a factoring company.

Thanks but I'm not worried about the cash flow, but the risk of non payment with no remedy. I doubt I could transfer that risk to a factoring company, could I?