Clocks go back... charge for the hour?

[Gordonctr]

Hi guys,

I'm contracting night shifts this weekend and of course the clocks go back which means I work 10 hours instead of 9.
Should I charge for 10 hours or the standard 9 for that evening? I have a good relationship with my clients, is it too cheeky for twenty quid?

Gordon

[MyUserName]

Try it and see what happens. I would have thought it would be fine.

[DirtyDog]

If you are paid by the hour, then bill by the hour and charge it.

If you aren't, then don't.

[Old Greg]

Hi guys,

I'm contracting night shifts this weekend and of course the clocks go back which means I work 10 hours instead of 9.
Should I charge for 10 hours or the standard 9 for that evening? I have a good relationship with my clients, is it too cheeky for twenty quid?

Gordon

Check whether they want you to do a 10 your shift (e.g. until 6 a.m. GMT) or a 9 hour shift (e.g. until 6 a.m. BST / 5 a.m. GMT) and bill accordingly if on an hourly rate.

[northernladuk]

How can people call themselves a contractor and run a small business when they can't deal with issues like this?

[Gordonctr]

No idea northernlad, no idea

Cheers guys, I'm putting it down

[TykeMerc]

How can people call themselves a contractor and run a small business when they can't deal with issues like this?

Maybe because they don't need to get over themselves and stop being an obnoxious tit.

It was a perfectly reasonable thing for a relatively inexperienced or first time contractor to ask if they've not come across the scenario and wanted opinions on how this sort of thing can be viewed.

To the OP:-
I've not charged hourly rates in a fair few years, but it's a reasonable question to check with the client since the shift does gain an extra hour in a way you can do nothing about. Ask politely in a way that tends to encourage the answer yes when you point out the number of billable hours is one more than usual on that occasion.

[Wanderer]

Cheers guys, I'm putting it down

Does that mean you are going to put down 1 hour less when the clocks go forward?

Seriously though, if you are on an hourly rate then you just charge for how many hours actually worked. If it's a daily rate then you just charge per day (or night as the case may be)

[kingcook]

Hi guys,

I'm contracting night shifts this weekend and of course the clocks go back which means I work 10 hours instead of 9.
Should I charge for 10 hours or the standard 9 for that evening? I have a good relationship with my clients, is it too cheeky for twenty quid?

Gordon

What did you do when the clocks went forward by one hour, from GMT to BST?

[Boney M]

What did you do when the clocks went forward by one hour, from GMT to BST?

Posted on here asking whether to charge for the missing hour or not to