Reply to: Christmas party contractors rights?

[pmeswani]

don't listen to them, takeaguess!! demand a meeting with your boss straight away and tell them how unfair it is that contractors are expected to meet this crippling cost. if you stick to your guns, i personally guarantee you will earn his or her respect and the gratitude of all your fellow contractors. don't wait until your next Employee Performance Review to air your grievances: do it now!

And when you get a performance review followed by a pay rise, buy your colleagues a round of drinks.

[DiscoStu]

This is clear discrimination of contractors.

Let us know who the client is and we will bombard them with complaints and telephone calls.

CONTRACTORS UNITE!!!

against

There's no need for us to bombard them with telephone calls. We can just pass their details to a few select recruitment agencies, they'll be changing their numbers in no time

[Beefy198]

This is clear discrimination of contractors.

Let us know who the client is and we will bombard them with complaints and telephone calls.

CONTRACTORS UNITE!!!

[NotAllThere]

I understand where the confusion lies. Cleaning contractors turn up after the party, not during. Unless you've been asked to serve drinks, of course.

[diesel]

if he attends the party can he charge the client for the time

(last Xmas party i attended all contractors & staff were invited for FREE, except staff got the afternoon as paid time, contractors just had to make do with the free beer and food)

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

£20??? not round here you don't

Have a instead, though.

Ta Much.

[lambrini_socialist]

NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!

One cannot opt out of "employment law"!!!! It's the same for all employers and employees.

A contractor can opt out of the agency regulations, but that has absolutely no relevance here. What possible relevance can the agency regulations have on an invite to a party or not????

don't listen to them, takeaguess!! demand a meeting with your boss straight away and tell them how unfair it is that contractors are expected to meet this crippling cost. if you stick to your guns, i personally guarantee you will earn his or her respect and the gratitude of all your fellow contractors. don't wait until your next Employee Performance Review to air your grievances: do it now!

[TheFaQQer]

Did you opt in or opt out of the employment law? If you opted in, take it up with your agency and ask them to invite you to their christmas do. HTH.

NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!

One cannot opt out of "employment law"!!!! It's the same for all employers and employees.

A contractor can opt out of the agency regulations, but that has absolutely no relevance here. What possible relevance can the agency regulations have on an invite to a party or not????

[TheFaQQer]

i've seen the word "troll" used on this site before and never really got it. Having seen the original post on this thread I take it to mean "Ridiculously stupid posting designed to p*ss people off". Do I win £20?

£20??? not round here you don't

Have a instead, though.

[BrilloPad]

i've seen the word "troll" used on this site before and never really got it. Having seen the original post on this thread I take it to mean "Ridiculously stupid posting designed to p*ss people off". Do I win £20?

You win. But the prize is the sasguru login for a day.

HTH

[lambrini_socialist]

Did you opt in or opt out of the employment law? If you opted in, take it up with your agency and ask them to invite you to their christmas do. HTH.

yeah, also try http://maketheminviteyouontime.com, and perhaps get a letter from your solicitor. and in future, make sure you write a schedule of escalating penalties into your contract to cover these kind of disasters.

[pmeswani]

Hi Guys hoping you can help?

We received an email about the company party to contractors and non contractors alike.

However, they are charging the contractors (who work just as hard if not harder) £35 and perm staff nothing?

Can this legally be done as I was under the assumption they had to treat us like perm staff?

Thanks in advance!!

Did you opt in or opt out of the employment law? If you opted in, take it up with your agency and ask them to invite you to their christmas do. HTH.

[Alan @ BroomeAffinity]

i've seen the word "troll" used on this site before and never really got it. Having seen the original post on this thread I take it to mean "Ridiculously stupid posting designed to p*ss people off". Do I win £20?

[lambrini_socialist]

most blatant troll ever. who's having a slow day at ClientCo, then?

[badger7579]

Jeeezus