Hi to all, first time posting !
I've got a question and I'd appreciate some feed back
I got my first contract in September last year, working under an umbrella company,which was meant to run until the start of March of this year. At the start of the year, first day back, I was told that my contract would need to be terminated early,basically to save the company I was contracted to some money. They had made people redundant just before Xmas and then some more at the start of the year. Anyway, they cut 5 weeks of my due end date. This didnt bother me TOO much as I had had an offer of a permanent job after my contract had finished, so apart from the loss of money it didnt seem a big deal.
A week before my contract was going to end they wanted the project I was working on to go live. As with any IT projects there were a few problems, but nothing too major, but on the last day of my contract they found a couple of major problems. I worked all weekend (this is AFTER my contract had finished) to fix them and I think I have sorted it out.
I now start my new permanent job, but I'm concerned that I'm going to have the previous job contacting me all the time wanting me to fix problems,something that my boss there said he would do. I won't have the time what with starting the new job, so basically what is my legal standpoint, considering it was them that terminated the contract early?
I had some problems with the agency trying to get paid all the way through the contract, and from the start of this year was doing some stupid hours, at least 4 hours overtime a night and working all weekends, all for no pay, just to try and meet the project deadline, which they set, so I dont think I'll be trying contracting again for a while!
Many thanks,
Alan
I've got a question and I'd appreciate some feed back
I got my first contract in September last year, working under an umbrella company,which was meant to run until the start of March of this year. At the start of the year, first day back, I was told that my contract would need to be terminated early,basically to save the company I was contracted to some money. They had made people redundant just before Xmas and then some more at the start of the year. Anyway, they cut 5 weeks of my due end date. This didnt bother me TOO much as I had had an offer of a permanent job after my contract had finished, so apart from the loss of money it didnt seem a big deal.
A week before my contract was going to end they wanted the project I was working on to go live. As with any IT projects there were a few problems, but nothing too major, but on the last day of my contract they found a couple of major problems. I worked all weekend (this is AFTER my contract had finished) to fix them and I think I have sorted it out.
I now start my new permanent job, but I'm concerned that I'm going to have the previous job contacting me all the time wanting me to fix problems,something that my boss there said he would do. I won't have the time what with starting the new job, so basically what is my legal standpoint, considering it was them that terminated the contract early?
I had some problems with the agency trying to get paid all the way through the contract, and from the start of this year was doing some stupid hours, at least 4 hours overtime a night and working all weekends, all for no pay, just to try and meet the project deadline, which they set, so I dont think I'll be trying contracting again for a while!
Many thanks,
Alan
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