Contract: Notice Period 3 Months

[BrilloPad]

Am sure that 3 months is frowned upon from an IR35 perspective. Just too long.

Unlike your bits that are too short.

Now we just need a mod to move this thread to the proper professional forum and give me a googleplex of infraction points.

[scooterscot]

Talk to your agent - tell them your concerns. Or edit it yourself before signing.

[Paddy]

I have been offered a contract with a 3 month notice period either way on an initial 6 month contract. Have not signed the contract yet; IR35 review stage. Even when I was a permie my maximum notice period was 1 month. I'd be more comfortable with 2, maximum 3, weeks. Any thoughts on pros/cons of such a long notice period?

Read
the
small
print
it's most likely that even if it is three months either side,
they can still dump you without notice under
some circumstances

[vetran]

offer them 1 week for first 4 weeks, then 3 months after. Point out that they hardly want to keep an unhappy contractor with no experience.

so if either side hates each other they can escape at the beginning.

[Milestone]

Talk to your agent - tell them your concerns. Or edit it yourself before signing.

No agent involved, going direct. As per some of the other replies this could be an IR35 issue, after a bit more research I have some good links to articles now stating the ideal IR35 position is no notice period and 3 months would be difficult to defend. So will flag this up and request notice in the contract is changed to something reasonable.

[northernladuk]

Be clear the difference between zero notice I.e can bin you on the spot and no notice though where you can't give notice.