client changes contract length

[TheFaQQer]

Or you get my client who randomly offer 1 month or 3 month extensions without warning or discussion, usually within hours of previous one ending.....

Consider yourself lucky.

I had a client offer me a three month role at the interview. When the agent contacted me, it was now a six month role.

It set the alarm bells ringing significantly about what might have happened in the two hours between interview and formal offer!

[psychocandy]

Or you get my client who randomly offer 1 month or 3 month extensions without warning or discussion, usually within hours of previous one ending.....

Consider yourself lucky.

[Wanderer]

Sounds like the contractor should be a little annoyed, but is there any liability?

Nope.

For example, they offer you a 1 year contract with 1 week notice and then 6 weeks in they give you 1 week notice and you're gone. There is nothing you can do, your contract is only guaranteed to be as long as your notice period because they can terminate it at any time by giving notice. They have no liability beyond the notice period in your contract (and not even that according to some people).

In your case, what they will do is vary your contract. If you took it to the letter of the law then they could give notice to terminate the contract and issue a new one to give a total of 3 months duration or wait until 1 month before they want the contract to finish and give you notice then. At least they are being up front about what they can commit to!

There isn't anything you can do about it really, just get on with your work and understand that this is why you are getting paid twice as much as an equivalent permie....

[TheFaQQer]

Hi

Here is the situation.

Client informs agency to offer contractor a 6 month extension. The agency issues a signed contract to contractor for 6 months. Before the contractor signs, the client tells agency that it is now 3 months.

Sounds like the contractor should be a little annoyed, but is there any liability?

No liability. It's called being in business - things change.

Talk to the client and ask why it's changing - there might be an explanation which sets you worrying.

[northernladuk]

This wouldn't be the job they are advertising for a perm to fill you posted about previously would it?

[northernladuk]

Your contract will say they can give you notice (usually one month), look upon it as they are giving you three months notice instead, or in other words your contract is only ever as long as your notice period!

Which is for permies anyway so nigh on useless.

[northernladuk]

Wouldn't the first thing to do is to speak to the agent and ask why?

How are we supposed to help with questions like this with absolutely no detail whatsoever?

It doesn't matter how long the extension is. If they want you after 3 months they will give you another one. If they want rid of you after 3 months they will just give you notice, hell, they can even walk you and tell you there is no work so you get no notice.

Try doing a bit of basic investigation and give us something to go on.

[SimonMac]

Hi

Here is the situation.

Client informs agency to offer contractor a 6 month extension. The agency issues a signed contract to contractor for 6 months. Before the contractor signs, the client tells agency that it is now 3 months.

Sounds like the contractor should be a little annoyed, but is there any liability?

Your contract will say they can give you notice (usually one month), look upon it as they are giving you three months notice instead, or in other words your contract is only ever as long as your notice period!

[theonewho]

Hi

Here is the situation.

Client informs agency to offer contractor a 6 month extension. The agency issues a signed contract to contractor for 6 months. Before the contractor signs, the client tells agency that it is now 3 months.

Sounds like the contractor should be a little annoyed, but is there any liability?