Originally posted by Badger
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostSpot on.
UK contract law is quite clear on this with the 3 basic requirements:-
Offer - You obviously received this
Acceptance - You've been working there so that's a given
Consideration - You've been paid (or I hope so)
It doesn't have to be money (indeed the contractors "consideration" within the contract is not money),
and it doesn't have to be "sufficient" (I.e it doesn't have to be what a reasonable person would expect it to be).
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostIn other words they can hold you to the contract notice period by getting you to pay the fees they can't collect because you broke the contract and caused them pecuniary loss.
They are completely different, that is the point.
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Originally posted by Badger View PostI've just received a contract which states that the 'service provider is obliged to work the full term of the contract period'
Is this frequently used, and should I challenge it to be 28 days or something?
TIA
It's as frequently used as they think they can get away with it.
Whether you should challenge it depends upon how much it might cost if you want to break such a clause.
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