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    When you see same job, paying better, but you've been submitted!

    I was submitted for a role and then found another agency was handling the same job and promising a significantly better rate. Unusually the initial agency didn't ask for the usual line from me about 'appointing them to represent me, etc'. I know employers don't like getting CVs from 2...
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    New to Contract - mucked about by agent

    Hi, I am coming to the end of a FTC and decided to try my hand at contracting as I regularly get contacted about roles suiting my ability/skill set. I went for an interview for a position 3 month contract 350/day. Got a call today to say I had go the role and they would like to offer me 6...
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    Ambiguous Termination Clause

    Had my contract extended then terminated while I was on holiday, for no apparent reason. ( my job title was being changed and my manager was a little insecure, simply because over time I became the go to guy "without the job appropriate title" ) I worked for a very large betting company and...
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    Rate change between applying for the job and getting the contract?

    Hey all, I'm not even a first-timer contractor (yet) and have found myself in a bit of a pickle. I applied for a role and got put forward at £575/day (the agent heavily suggested I go in at £550/day but I said that I wasn't that fussed if I didn't get the role and I wanted to go at £575 and if...
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    Agency Payment terms

    I have secured my first contact and have been advised by the agency the following with regards to the payment terms: - Getting a client to sign my timesheets weekly - Client provides the agency with monthly authorized report - Me invoicing agency at the end of each month - Agency pays my...
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    Payment in lieu and unlawful terms in 'opt in' contract

    Hi, I'll try and keep this as brief as possible as I have a habit of writing too much sometimes ;) My background: Professional contractor / senior developer with 17 years solid experience. I have a good reputation within the industry for being a pleasant and reliable worker, and as such am...
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    Dodgy agency?

    Hello all, I started a contract last week (monday) on the basis that it was a certain rate per hour with Lorien, they confirmed it in an email with me, they then sent me the contract 5 days after starting (so last friday), and on the contract was a rate £2.51 per hour less than what i was told...
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    Expiration Vs Termination - Termination Clauses Enforceable after Contract Expires?

    Hey all, I''m incorporated and contracting through an agency to a client. The contract I signed with the agency specified a 12 month term for consultancy services to their client. That term is to complete in the next few days, the contract will then expire. The contract had within it a...
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    Getting paid after two months

    This is my first post so allow me to describe my current situation. I started working as a contractor the 17th November 2014 for an automotive company here in the U.K. At the beginning I was getting paid with a "stepper plan" which means I would have worked for two weeks, raised the invoice the...
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    Request for help from documentary filmmaker: self-employment

    I’m a journalist working on a TV documentary about the changing world of work in the UK. I’m hoping to speak to people who have become self-employed in recent years to ask them about what their experiences have been. I’m particularly interested in talking to people who feel that they had little...
    • HannahL
    • Thread
    • agency contracting self employed self-employed working conditions
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Business / Contracts
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    Supplier for contractors - Additional insurance? Paperwork?

    Hi guys, I have been running my own limited company, with me as the contractor. My client is looking for a new hire, I could potentially supply them with another contractor via my limited company. My questions are: 1) Would I need anything else apart from having a limited company? I...
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    Feedback request for Anderson Young

    Hi All I've tried my first timers due diligence on research (searching with/without google etc) but couldnt find a direct hit or a relevant thread. Does anyone have any kind of feedback on Anderson Young as an agency ? They've just got me an offer for my new contract (second for me but first...
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    is there any database about the agency invoice and remittance - Time Frames

    Hi all, I have been in the contract for 2 years now and it looks good to me with the market moving forward...I have been working with different agencies and their invoice system and remittance time frames are different. I want to see if there are any database I can refer to or I can start one...
    • samay007
    • Thread
    • agency invoice remittance timeframe
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: General
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    What is Uplifting? and how would it/should work?

    What does this *actually* mean? So an agency has found me a potential offer that requires me to find an umbrella [initial short term 3 months] if the interview goes well. Well an all day on the job interview. Ironically, if the client wants me, I will get paid for that day. This would be my...
  15. dack

    Unpaid Invoices - But Rather Complicated

    In 2009 my Agency went into liquidation and I lost some 11 weeks of money (as did several others). The writing was on the wall so I had not submitted invoices for some 6 weeks. The agency was finally declared dissolved mid 2013 and so in Sep 2013, I sent my unpaid invoices directly to the...
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    4 weeks notice period with Agency/2 week notice period Agency/Client....

    Hi all. I'm a newbie to the forum, but not to contracting. Your experiences/views would be most appreciated as this is a situation I've neither been in before, nor any of my contractor buddies either. Am on a 3 month contract on-site at the client's premises; my work contract is between my...
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    Advice on new Contract & Agency

    Hi All I am about to dive into the world of contracting for the first time. I have chosen to take the limited com route. My question is to all the agency which I am using is acting fishy to my liking...I start on the 5th of August however I was told my contract will be drawn up today which...
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    Client and Agent serve notice but don't pay me - where do I stand legally

    Hi, I wonder if this has ever happened to anyone one here: I'm a freelance IT contractor and have been for over 10 years. I signed a 6 month contract in January with a consultancy (thru a well known agency) this year due to expire in August. After 3 months at one client site, the work dried...
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    Cheated by the agency - different contract with client

    I had a contract with the agency ending 23rd Nov but Agency's contract with client was till 21st Nov only. The agency didn't tell me this until the last day (i.e. 21st Nov) when client told me that my contract is ending today. Since then i am trying to call the agency and sending emails about...
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    Can I be a contractor and also like an agency

    I have worked on and off for my corporate client for over 5 years as an IT Contractor via a limited company. I am routinely involved in assisting in recruitment (filtering CVs, interviews etc) but have over the years also brought in contractors based on my personal network. I have sought to...

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