My contract was terminated - do I have to do knowledge transfer training?

SkyLine79

I am a contractor who was given 1 month notice due to decreased budgets in my business area, leaving me completely high and dry at this time. My manager is scheduling for me to hold training sessions for the remaining full-timers on every aspect of the job I do, my knowledge and my skills required for my role, so that they can carry on my work without me. Am I obligated to share my knowledge and conduct training, given that I have been technically fired and now they want to split my duties among themselves? For context, the company is one of the wealthiest tech corporations in the world, with plenty of full-timers who could provide training.

Any advice is appreciated, thank you.

blue.peter

It rather depends on your contract, but I'd expect the answer to be "yes". While you're employed - and paid - by a company, you're more or less obliged to do whatever they want. If you want a definitive answer, you'll need to consult a solicitor and take your contract with you.

FWIW, I was required to do this both times I was made redundant. And this was by large insurance companies. They're not the sort of business to try to pull a fast one.

pjread

Given you're a contractor rather than an employee, what's your contract for?  Presuming it's a business to business "will do XYZ" rather than "will work as directed" you'd be within your rights to suggest that was of course something you could do, but is outside your current contract so you'd want a separate contract to cover that (perhaps at a higher rate or with a tail-off period for 'post transition support' or something).

Of course, also depending on your current contract, relationship and their disposition, that might well see them flip you the V's and terminate immediately without much chance of future contracts with them....