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Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostMy issue is that I would want to take time off when it's convenient for me, rather than some arbitrarily chosen date.
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Originally posted by BolshieBastard View PostI dont see what the issue is unless people need to work to live..
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Originally posted by JRCT View PostI'm aware that Financial sector largely apply an enforced 2 week break over Christmas/ New Year. I've also heard (though it's never applied to me) about some Financial clients forcing/ trying to force a specific 2 week break in the summer.
But, I've never heard of a contract being offered with a clause insisting on an enforced 2 week break directly at extension, should one be offered.
An ex-colleague of mine has just received one like this and ran it by me.
Anyone else ever heard of this? It seems bizarre and I wonder whether it's something that the agency have insisted upon due to misunderstanding of some legislation/ rules to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
With the way my commute is going due to road works (1 x 3 hour journey and most 2 hours each way, 5 days a week), Im seriously considering telling the client if they want to renew, I want a week off before starting any extension.
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Originally posted by Syntyrion View PostYes it relates to fraud checking. Permies are also forced to do this. So can't see how it would help with IR35
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Yes it relates to fraud checking. Permies are also forced to do this. So can't see how it would help with IR35
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Lloyds are now 24 days + bank holidays - RBS are nearly the same on renewals
On mandatory days off
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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyYes, I have a contract exactly like this. It's not for fraud reasons, I think it covers them for people who don't opt out and would incur a holiday entitlement. - But frankly don't really care as other posters have pointed out - It gives you a contractual obligation to take two weeks holiday every 6 months, so nicely gets round the client issue of taking holiday mid-contract. Just factor that into your rate calculations.
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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyYes, I have a contract exactly like this. It's not for fraud reasons, I think it covers them for people who don't opt out and would incur a holiday entitlement. - But frankly don't really care as other posters have pointed out - It gives you a contractual obligation to take two weeks holiday every 6 months, so nicely gets round the client issue of taking holiday mid-contract. Just factor that into your rate calculations.
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I worked at an FS company as perm and everyone had to take two weeks of their holidays in one go. This was referred to as core leave and was a hangover from when they used to check that you weren't fiddling the books, as it used to have to be over a month end too.
It was also known that once the budgets were done for the next year (September usually) there'd often be a forced 10 days of leave for contractors in certain areas as the managers tried to balance the books before the year end billing (which was November).
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Isn't it just the usual mandatory 2 weeks anti-fraud that you have to take off when you work for a financial institution? I've never heard of it being enforced at renewal, rather it simply has to be taken within a 12 month period.
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Originally posted by PerfectStorm View PostUltimately if there's no work to do then a client doesn't need you in. If you told your builder you didn't want them in a particular week then you wouldn't expect them to argue about it.
See it as a good thing. Mandatory unpaid time off = a chance to get away but also an IR35 helper. After all, an employee wouldn't get it.
This is signing a new 6 month contract now that states, no matter what, you have to take the first 2 weeks of month 7 off if an extension is offered and accepted.
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Ultimately if there's no work to do then a client doesn't need you in. If you told your builder you didn't want them in a particular week then you wouldn't expect them to argue about it.
See it as a good thing. Mandatory unpaid time off = a chance to get away but also an IR35 helper. After all, an employee wouldn't get it.
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Enforced 2 week break at extension?
I'm aware that Financial sector largely apply an enforced 2 week break over Christmas/ New Year. I've also heard (though it's never applied to me) about some Financial clients forcing/ trying to force a specific 2 week break in the summer.
But, I've never heard of a contract being offered with a clause insisting on an enforced 2 week break directly at extension, should one be offered.
An ex-colleague of mine has just received one like this and ran it by me.
Anyone else ever heard of this? It seems bizarre and I wonder whether it's something that the agency have insisted upon due to misunderstanding of some legislation/ rules to solve a problem that doesn't exist.Tags: None
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