I wonder if anyone can advise me on the following - perhaps its happened with you.
I recently ended a contract early - I worked at the place for 8 months and gave notice as per terms of contract, which I then worked, and then left 1 week before month end - leaving my timesheet with a contractor colleague to be signed off with all other contractors timesheets at the end of the month.
At the month end I issued my invoice to the agency as usual, and got a phone call a day or so later saying that the client would only authorise 13.5 days and not 14, and that if I didn't re-invoice with 13.5 days I wouldn't be able to be paid.
I did this to cover myself in the first instance - and make sure I got at least some of the money, and then decided against this the following day, and told the agency I wanted the full 14 days. I was employed on a daily rate in the terms of the contract, and was prepared to wait for the dispute to be resolved and the full invoice value to be settled.
After questioning the 13.5 days, the agency told me that the client said I left early one Friday in the week before I left. I did. I emailed my line manager to say I had to leave a bit earlier and would make the time up the following week. I left approx 40 minutes earlier - about 2.20pm instead of my usual 3pm Friday finish (for a 130 mile trip home).
The agency are saying that the client won't accept 14 days - and hence they won't pay me 14 days.
I'm sure there must be a breach of contract or something here - in the first instance - the rate negotiated was daily, and not half-daily. I worked more than half a day - about 90% based on previous Friday hours.
Can anyone offer any advice. I'm really looking to recover the 1/2 day here and am considering small claims court.
I recently ended a contract early - I worked at the place for 8 months and gave notice as per terms of contract, which I then worked, and then left 1 week before month end - leaving my timesheet with a contractor colleague to be signed off with all other contractors timesheets at the end of the month.
At the month end I issued my invoice to the agency as usual, and got a phone call a day or so later saying that the client would only authorise 13.5 days and not 14, and that if I didn't re-invoice with 13.5 days I wouldn't be able to be paid.
I did this to cover myself in the first instance - and make sure I got at least some of the money, and then decided against this the following day, and told the agency I wanted the full 14 days. I was employed on a daily rate in the terms of the contract, and was prepared to wait for the dispute to be resolved and the full invoice value to be settled.
After questioning the 13.5 days, the agency told me that the client said I left early one Friday in the week before I left. I did. I emailed my line manager to say I had to leave a bit earlier and would make the time up the following week. I left approx 40 minutes earlier - about 2.20pm instead of my usual 3pm Friday finish (for a 130 mile trip home).
The agency are saying that the client won't accept 14 days - and hence they won't pay me 14 days.
I'm sure there must be a breach of contract or something here - in the first instance - the rate negotiated was daily, and not half-daily. I worked more than half a day - about 90% based on previous Friday hours.
Can anyone offer any advice. I'm really looking to recover the 1/2 day here and am considering small claims court.
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