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Contract - must be a director???
I wish I had found this site earlier. You could have saved my company thousands and I would have not had to have hired a PA to correct my spelling :laugh In seriousness with the transfer of debt provision looming over agencies and end client's heads if dodgy offshore umbrella go pop without...- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Client gone bust =- should I still get paid?
You may find your agency has the right to terminate if their client goes in to administration or equivalent. If they don't you are entitled to notice. In most instances they will have to give you notice in writing, if they haven't ask for it and review against contract.- Inside Agent
- Post #26
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Contract - must be a director???
When the Finance Act came in agencies received advice from a number of well respected tax advisors. Generally the accepted and safe definition of a Personal Service Company was one that is generally a single consultant who excercises financial independence over the running of their company and...- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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ELAN Changing Contracts...this Legal ?
Makes perfect commercial sense and Elan are within their rights to do this based on the contract the OP has pasted. However they are running the gauntlet around dictating timesheet submission and cut offs. 21 days is 21 days and not 21 days after a date they feel like it I would assume...- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Agency in Breach of Contract ?
You will also note I said 'may' Section 10 of the EAA tells you most of what you need to know.- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Agency in Breach of Contract ?
The Agency regs only prevent the Employment Business restricting the Service Provider save where the contractor has opted out. Depending on the time the OP has been under contract there may be a transfer fee due from the client to the agency.- Inside Agent
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Negotiation: What cut of my wages do agencies get?
The simple answer is: A) At large international companies their will be an airtight list of suppliers all at a fixed rate. These range from 8-15% margin in general. B) At SME clients the recruitment tends to be less organised and the deals struck focus more on the end rate. Think of agencies...- Inside Agent
- Post #24
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Agency in Breach of Contract ?
The agency have made a commercial agreement with you not to force any action in respect of you working direct for the client. What they will probably have in place is an agreed transfer fee with the client, generally these are set quite high to make it uneconomic for the clients to take you...- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Contract Question
Weekly / Monthly pay is a commercial negociation up front. If you signed up you should do it. Have you asked your current agency whether they can do weekly payments? Clearly the client won't have issue with Weekly timesheets if they are doing it with the other agency.- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Getting Reference
Use a previous manager. At all points never slag off your current manager though, use an excuse such as: "He hates giving references" "I don't want him to know I am looking / He was very disappointed when I left"- Inside Agent
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Nine Direct Agency Beware!!
If you pay peanuts...... All contracts should state payment terms, if they don't you shouldn't sign.- Inside Agent
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- Forum: Business / Contracts
