Reply to: asking client to give notice

[Lance]

Hi,


Long story short it turns out that the parking and coming to client's main office has added 30-45 minute each side to my journey in peak hours.

Just turn up 45 minutes late and leave 45 minutes early every day.
Argue that the moment you've parked you've arrived and they can either lump it or solve your notice period 'issue' for you.

or just park in the permies car park anyway. You've not given anyone your registration details have you?

[DallasDad]

Hi,

I am a limited company contractor. Last month I got a contract signed via an agency. The end client has got a partner recruitment agency which is acting as a client of my agency.

Now when I signed the contract I was under the impression that I will be parking onsite at client location. The client location is about 1 hour drive from my home. But just before joining I was told by agency that contractors have offsite parking from where shuttle comes to client main office. They told me it will not add more than 20 min. to overall journey.

Long story short it turns out that the parking and coming to client's main office has added 30-45 minute each side to my journey in peak hours.
JP

Wimp
Reality Check, get a cycle and cut out the shuttle?

I used to Cycle from West Malling to Hopewell Drive in Chatham daily whilst doing my apprenticeship until I could afford a Moped.
Cars were a distant luxury & I would have killed for a shuttle bus on snowy days! and all for £15.10 a week

[BurdockTheContractor]

In my previous contract at a well known satellite broadcaster, it took me about 25 minutes to drive to the 'Contractor Carpark' and about 15 minutes to walk to the office. My professional working day started when I parked my car in the car park and ended when I drove out of it.

[missinggreenfields]

My question is can I ask the end client to terminate my contract from their side which will eventually end the contract from my agency's client?

Yes

Do you guys see any potential issues if I ask the client to inform their partner agency to terminate my contract so that I may serve short or no notice period.

No

FWIW, I would just start billing for the additional travel time, but each to their own.

[northernladuk]

Agree.. Could also ask for 3 weeks leaves with zero hours timesheet

Correct but you do realise its a pretty poor carry on and if a client turned you and did it to you you'd be mightily pissed off.

Anyway. To save some time here's a link for you.

http://payontime.co.uk

[johnplayer]

Ugh. Didn't realise its a duplicated post

So here is what you do.

Agree with client when you are going to stop working. Let's say one week more.
Hand notice in.
Work the week and get a time sheet.
Don't work the next three weeks because the client doesn't want you.
Let notice period expire.

You should have a clause in your schedule saying you don't get paid unless you have a signed timesheet. If the client doesn't want you to work, you don't get paid but you are technically still in contract. Effectively immediate termination to you but still honouring the contract.

Agent is not going to like it one hot though.

Agree.. Could also ask for 3 weeks leaves with zero hours timesheet

[johnplayer]

Have you asked your mum what she thinks?

Will ask yours once shes ......

[TestMangler]

Lloyds in Halifax ??

[northernladuk]

Ugh. Didn't realise its a duplicated post

So here is what you do.

Agree with client when you are going to stop working. Let's say one week more.
Hand notice in.
Work the week and get a time sheet.
Don't work the next three weeks because the client doesn't want you.
Let notice period expire.

You should have a clause in your schedule saying you don't get paid unless you have a signed timesheet. If the client doesn't want you to work, you don't get paid but you are technically still in contract. Effectively immediate termination to you but still honouring the contract.

Agent is not going to like it one hot though.

[northernladuk]

Have you asked your mum what she thinks?

I'll do that for him.

[northernladuk]

My question was whether there could be any potential issue if I ask client to tell agency for termination instead of me giving the notice as the client notice is 2 weeks.

I don't know what you mean by issues. You can ask them by all means and in a perfect world the agent may fold to keep the client happy. But you do see you are letting your client down as well so not so sure they will be willing to help and the agent could say no because they are losing money.

That said, you've only been there a short while, both client and agent will probably be glad to see the back of you so they might actually be happy to terminate you there and then. Good luck getting any money though.

There is the other option that one of our posters seems to prefer. A large steaming dump on the client managers desk. Or was it punch him in the face... I forget.

I have potential options that are much closer to me but I don't want to bear the commuting pain another 4 weeks

Glad you've enough money to leave and potentially bench yourself but we do contract for flexibility I guess.

Why not stay over one or two nights a week for 4 weeks? Cheap hotel at 40 quid a night for a few nights till the end. You get 4 weeks money, notice period is honoured. Everyone is happy.

[stek]

My question was whether there could be any potential issue if I ask client to tell agency for termination instead of me giving the notice as the client notice is 2 weeks.

I have potential options that are much closer to me but I don't want to bear the commuting pain another 4 weeks

Have you asked your mum what she thinks?

[northernladuk]

The agent had not mentioned any contractor parking setup until I specifically asked just before reporting so I was assuming 1 hour.

it varies based on a number of factors, if you say on Fridays I have managed to reach in 1:30 which is 10 more. But on serveral mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays it took me 1:45 on average which is 25 more.

1:30 is ideal if there is no traffic and I reach parking and within a couple of minutes I am on shuttle, shuttles are normally 15 min apart, worst case i have to wait 15 min if i just missed.

OK. I have not had a client that's under an hour from home so I must admit this all sounds a little ridiculous to me but each to his own.

[johnplayer]

Wouldn't be a client in Warrington would it? There is on there with a similar setup.[/QUOTE]

No not that

[johnplayer]

My question was whether there could be any potential issue if I ask client to tell agency for termination instead of me giving the notice as the client notice is 2 weeks.

I have potential options that are much closer to me but I don't want to bear the commuting pain another 4 weeks