Reply to: Normal rate for weekend work - Do you accept?

[russell]

Hi,

I'm on a short term contract for a large enterprise company through Hays. I have contract extension with more of weekend work. Hence I have asked to revise the rate for the weekend as I'm not willing to work weekend on normal rate. Hays did not accept it and have not put my contract extension through.

As I will have one rest day over the week day, Hays says that I will work 37.5 hrs and Sunday if worked, it will be 1.5 hours. does this sound good? with my previous contracts I use to get double time on Sunday whatever the hours I worked.

do you think I should accept it? Thanks in advance

Call a plumber out over the weekend and then when he gives you his invoice inspect it. There is the answer.

[Scruff]

I run a small business, I am not a temporary worker. MyCo. charges an agreed rate on a negotiable basis between itself and its Customers.

I still see no relevance to IR35?

[DirtyDog]

Personally, I can't see the link between IR35 and charging a premium for weekend work?

I value the work that MyCo. performs at a higher rate on a Sunday than it does on Mon-Sat, since Sundays are "Admin Days". Doing Admin, I can not charge my customers, but should they require MyCo.'s services, I have to allocate additional resource to ensuring that the Admin is completed. Invariably, when performing work in weekends, MyCo. doesn't charge mileage, but bills from when leaving home until arriving back at home.

It's based on the wording - permies get paid overtime and TOIL; contractors charge a premium for out-of-hours service and have days when they don't work.

[Scruff]

Personally, I can't see the link between IR35 and charging a premium for weekend work?

I value the work that MyCo. performs at a higher rate on a Sunday than it does on Mon-Sat, since Sundays are "Admin Days". Doing Admin, I can not charge my customers, but should they require MyCo.'s services, I have to allocate additional resource to ensuring that the Admin is completed. Invariably, when performing work in weekends, MyCo. doesn't charge mileage, but bills from when leaving home until arriving back at home.

[darrylmg]

You must decide for yourself if you want to do it or not.

I don't work weekends myself, but if I client *asked* then I would consider it.

If they *told* me to work a weekend they would get told to fook off politely.

"Fook off" = a larger number than the day rate... :thumbup: plus an IR35 issue :thumbdown:

[SueEllen]

You must decide for yourself if you want to do it or not.

I don't work weekends myself, but if I client *asked* then I would consider it.

If they *told* me to work a weekend they would get told to fook off politely.

WHS

[kingcook]

You must decide for yourself if you want to do it or not.

I don't work weekends myself, but if I client *asked* then I would consider it.

If they *told* me to work a weekend they would get told to fook off politely.

[Anonimouse]

Watch hays because they will charge the client weekend rates but not pass it on. Ditto extra bank holidays the client pays but the agency fails to pass it on.

Also they have crazy rules about how many hours you work AFTER the weekend to try and withhold the extra despite charging the client.

[jmo21]

When you are a contractor an hour is an hour and a day is a day. Perhaps you should be asking this question to a temp forum and not a contractor forum. What type of work are you doing ?

Nope. There is a premium for my time at the weekend.

[eek]

When you are a contractor an hour is an hour and a day is a day. Perhaps you should be asking this question to a temp forum and not a contractor forum. What type of work are you doing ?

It depends on a professional daily rate I've charged a day for a 5 minute weekend phone call before.

The client was happy as it saved him £50k in lost production.....

[Brussels Slumdog]

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Hi,

I'm on a short term contract for a large enterprise company through Hays. I have contract extension with more of weekend work. Hence I have asked to revise the rate for the weekend as I'm not willing to work weekend on normal rate. Hays did not accept it and have not put my contract extension through.

As I will have one rest day over the week day, Hays says that I will work 37.5 hrs and Sunday if worked, it will be 1.5 hours. does this sound good? with my previous contracts I use to get double time on Sunday whatever the hours I worked.

do you think I should accept it? Thanks in advance

When you are a contractor an hour is an hour and a day is a day. Perhaps you should be asking this question to a temp forum and not a contractor forum. What type of work are you doing ?

[Sausage Surprise]

Got to be a wind up....

[DirtyDog]

do you think I should accept it?

No.

But I'm not you, so asking a bunch of complete strangers on the internet to make the decision for you is a pretty daft idea.

So maybe it's a yes.

[CheeseSlice]

time and a half for weekend is also common. Is that what you meant by 1.5 hours?

[Murder1]

Do you think you should accept it?