Reply to: Terminating a Contract

[Bacchus]

Could be a problem if his boss is into that type of thing...

This could prove a turning point in the contract and the OP may decide to stay after all

Contracts can be broken/revoked/superceded by mutual agreement of the contracting parties; as others have said discussion is the key here (and almost always)

[Darksider]

Come clean to the client. They won't really want someone around who doesn't want to do the job. I would definitely suggest doing this AFTER you've got your last pay (be it weekly or monthly). However, don't expect to be using the agency you're with in the near future.

[Old Greg]

That's when you find out someone in charge is a cross-dresser or closely related to one.


Doesn't work if you work with people with teenage children.

You are probably better of either being honest or hitting someone.

I read that as 'hitting on someone'. Worth a go.

[pmeswani]

You are probably better of either being honest or hitting someone.

Fair point.

[Optimus Prime]

Attempt to play nice. Tell the client that you'd like to leave. Tell the agency you'd like to leave and ask for a sub.

If nothing happens, inform your client that you are going on leave for the next 6 months.

[SueEllen]

If you are a bloke, turn up to work in a dress and suspenders one day.

That's when you find out someone in charge is a cross-dresser or closely related to one.

If you are a female, go into work looking like a goth recovering from a hangover.

Doesn't work if you work with people with teenage children.

You are probably better of either being honest or hitting someone.

[pmeswani]

Could be a problem if his boss is into that type of thing...

I guess it is important to guage one's manager's opinion to those things before trying, I guess. How would the manager react if a bloke wore suspenders.

[nomadd]

If you are a bloke, turn up to work in a dress and suspenders one day.

Could be a problem if his boss is into that type of thing...

[pmeswani]

Hi

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract. So can I hand in my notice? Will I be sued for breach of contract or anything else along those lines?

Cheers

If you are a bloke, turn up to work in a dress and suspenders one day. If you are a female, go into work looking like a goth recovering from a hangover.

[nomadd]

Just talk to the client and tell them it's not working out, you are happy to take reasonable steps to do a handover but you are not going to work for them any more. The agency will probably try to bully you by not paying your last invoice or withholding money. Don't stand for it - you are entitled to be paid for the days you work.

This^

Or just start taking lots of time off sick. (OP: You'd have found that particular trick if northernladuk had told you to Use Search; I don't know, I seem to be filling in for his slip-ups more-and-more these days... )

[Wanderer]

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract. So can I hand in my notice? Will I be sued for breach of contract or anything else along those lines?

Are you a LTD company, umbrella or self employed? If you are LTD company then there isn't really much point them suing you because you can just close it down and they will get nothing.

Just talk to the client and tell them it's not working out, you are happy to take reasonable steps to do a handover but you are not going to work for them any more. The agency will probably try to bully you by not paying your last invoice or withholding money. Don't stand for it - you are entitled to be paid for the days you work.

[jonson]

are you on weekly or monthly invoicing?

[SueEllen]

Hi

I am 4 months into a 12 month contract and things aren't going as anticipated. I would like to terminate my contract but there strangely doesn't seem to be a termination clause for either party in my contract.

There will be a termination clause in the client-agency contract so your best bet is for the client to terminate you.

How you achieve this is up to you but I suggest you don't tell the agent how you did this.

[Old Greg]

There are lots of options from right of substitution to stopping washing. None of them are very professional but there should be a way out. Why would they want someone who doesn't want to be there?

[FarmerPalmer]

Does you contract have a mutaility of obligation? It shouldn't.