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    Dress code

    Suitable Attire Suitable Attire Whenever I have worked a contract I always try to wear shirt, trousers and shoes, only time I have worn jeans and tshirt was working out in Afghanistan as that is more practical. I am currently working a role at a client site and the company running the...
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    How long does SC clearance take

    My DV clearance run out in July and I have had to start the SC clearance again, 6 weeks now of sitting in an office trying not to look furtive because you can't really do anything, on the up side I am being paid. On the down side it is a fixed term contract so not sure if I would be kept on...
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    Contract Termination Help Please

    I am on a 3 month contract under my own ltd company (advised best course when I left military) going with the hunker down, smile and get on with whatever work comes my way until I have clearance and do a proper job attitude. It was not my intention to get everyone to start calling names. Just...
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    Early Termination of Fixed Term Contract

    Nice one, thanks for the advice, the face was supposed to be an unhappy face. Still trying to get used to this contract lark after many years in the military, one thing they don't prepare you for.
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    Contract Termination Help Please

    Up until July of this year I held DV clearance this has now lapsed, my new role has me sat at work doing "documentation" while waiting for my SC to come through, until then I am sat in a corner of the office not doing much really. There was no discussion about the "no notice" part of my contract.
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    Early Termination of Fixed Term Contract

    The agency can give me 7 days notice but nothing about me giving notice. :(
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    Early Termination of Fixed Term Contract

    Similar problem Similar problem I am on a 3 month contract, that is "fixed-term" as per the Direct Gov website after working here a month, can I give 1 weeks notice to leave, or do I have to stay. I have another role to go to that will no wait the extra 4 weeks as they want me to start in the...
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    Contract Termination Help Please

    I am currently in a contract that has a clause stating "The company acknowledges and agrees that it shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement for any reason to the end date of this Agreement other than for a material breach of this Agreement..." The Agency has the right to terminate...
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    DV Clearance has anyone recently been through it need advice please!!!

    DV DV I had DV clearance from 1987 while in the Army, I worked in a couple of units that give me extra clearance on top and when I moved to the contract world on leaving the Army I kept my DV clearance, in the 6 years since I have managed to keep hold of it up until this year when my contract...

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