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And It Was All Going So Well...

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    And It Was All Going So Well...

    Applied for a gig and it turned out to be a client I'd been at a couple of years ago (they don't 'do' direct so EB must be involved). They'd love me to go back etc etc so all pimp has to do is get a good IR35 contract out and pay.

    And then this drops into Outlook

    1) A copy of your passport by fax or a scanned and emailed copy - the copy must be clear
    2) Limited Company name and whether or not you are the Director.
    3) Bank details
    4) Referee contact details to cover the past 2 years .
    I've got a letter from the Director (me) saying right to work, done all checks, indemnify you as an EB etc etc but am struggling for a nice polite way to tell em to feck right off on point 4. 2 and 3 are find but references for past 2 years? They're 'aving a larf!

    #2
    Originally posted by Epiphone
    Applied for a gig and it turned out to be a client I'd been at a couple of years ago (they don't 'do' direct so EB must be involved). They'd love me to go back etc etc so all pimp has to do is get a good IR35 contract out and pay.

    And then this drops into Outlook



    I've got a letter from the Director (me) saying right to work, done all checks, indemnify you as an EB etc etc but am struggling for a nice polite way to tell em to feck right off on point 4. 2 and 3 are find but references for past 2 years? They're 'aving a larf!

    Do what i did. Just give them the details of previous agencies u contracted through.

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      #3
      Just "forget" to send them. By the time they chase them up you will be well underway in the gig and can tell them to poke off.

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        #4
        Give them the details of the client you are going to be doing the gig for

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          #5
          If you are opted in, then they need to check that you are who you say you are.

          I always give people that I know are of absolutely no use to them - previous agencies, fellow contractors, people in permie jobs that don't deal with agents...

          Or tell them that for the past two years you've been working on a project that you can't disclose the contacts there for "security reasons".
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            #6
            All good suggestions. going to reply with the Right to Work from MyCo, details of last few pimps and mention all those NDA's I signed prevent me from giving out client info

            ta muchly

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              #7
              IIRC, it's also, of course, illegal for you to copy a passport without a Home Office licence
              Life is just nature's way of keeping meat fresh

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                #8
                I think I've been in exactly that situation. Tell them you don't think that's appropriate in the present case.
                Also make sure they don't sneak an exclusivity clause in their contract.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by hattra
                  IIRC, it's also, of course, illegal for you to copy a passport without a Home Office licence
                  Been reading up on that. You can take a copy if you have to abide by money laundering laws. Not sure if an EB would or would not so haven't put that in the email back.

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                    #10
                    Heh heh, contract arrived this morning in an email. Names me personally all over it. Also another request for a passport. The references thing seems to have worked though

                    Sigh, seems B&C will have some reading to do. It's only a fall back contract anyway if another one doesn't come off.

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