Resource Solutions - 48 Waiver ?!

[Intention]

Hi All,

I have been offered a contract at a bank and the agency onsite is Resource Solutions.

Do anyone have any recent (last year) experience with them?

Can you advise:

a) What are their payment terms - are they flexible on those?
b) Are they pushy on OPT-OUT
c) Why do they ask you to sign a 48hour working week waiver? (ive not seen my contract yet, so no idea what the hours will be. Im thinking, if I say OK to the waiver... they may give me some mega-hours ?!
d) are they reliable with payments

thanks in advance

[Alias]

Hi All,

I have been offered a contract at a bank and the agency onsite is Resource Solutions.

Do anyone have any recent (last year) experience with them?

Can you advise:

a) What are their payment terms - are they flexible on those?
b) Are they pushy on OPT-OUT
c) Why do they ask you to sign a 48hour working week waiver? (ive not seen my contract yet, so no idea what the hours will be. Im thinking, if I say OK to the waiver... they may give me some mega-hours ?!
d) are they reliable with payments

thanks in advance

a) Different at different places, depends on who the end client is - was on 7 days then it was switched to 30 days but no problems with it
b) No
c) yes - but as a contractor you should agree to a professional working day
d) yes

[Intention]

Thank you Alias

[Intention]

7 day payment.
Not had any issues with working hours
Watch out for MTA. My bank enforces it
Good for IR35.

Thanks Stevie,

can I ask what MTA means ?

[anthony]

c) yes - but as a contractor you should agree to a professional working day

Just on a side note here; is there a legal definition as to what hours constitute as a professional working week?

[northernladuk]

Just on a side note here; is there a legal definition as to what hours constitute as a professional working week?

Nope. Wouldn't be a professional agreement it would be a legal one.

[anthony]

Resource Solutions - 48 Waiver ?!

Nope.

Was hoping that wasn't going to be the answer .

[LondonManc]

I wouldn't worry too much about the 48 hour week. I've been asked to work a couple of weekends and was happy to do so as it was in the last month of the contract, so stocking up for bench time in case I didn't get extended.

Barcap used RS when I was there - never had any problems with RS, just with the rate cut.

So, if you don't mind doing the overtime, opt out. Obviously agree on payments for overtime as they arise (e.g. getting 1.5x or day rate for 5-6 hours, whatever) with your line manager.