Notice Period - Contractor

danielsonjones

Hi,
I am a contractor - day rate - self employed. 

My contract is coming to an end june 30th (tomorrow)

However, last week wednesday, I received an email from the line manager informing me that the end company is not looking to extend my contract past end of june...

Ive now looked over my contract and both sides (my side and the end companies side.... we both have to give 2 weeks notice)

Clearly, I havent received or had 2 weeks notice, its been less than 7 days....

Based on this, when my contract ends tomorrow, Can I still invoice for the FULL 2 WEEKS? or...? How would this work exactly...?

Any help would be fantastic!

KatrinaWaves

Does that include when the contract is ending anyway? Or for when you wish to leave/end the contract early? 

danielsonjones

I am not too sure how to answer that... 
But from what it says in my contract, it says 'notice period to be given by consultant company = 2 weeks' / 'notice period to be given by employment business = 2 weeks'

LilElvis

Obviously I can't read your contract in full but would expect that the notice period would relate to an early cessation of the contract and that no additional notice would be required if the contract ran to it's specified end date.

JReacher1

Your contract is due to end on the 30th June so no notice period needs to be served. 

sharpe106

Notice period for fixed contracts if ending early, you already know the end date of a fixed contract. How long has the contract gone on for?

danielsonjones

sharpe106 said:

Notice period for fixed contracts if ending early, you already know the end date of a fixed contract. How long has the contract gone on for?

end of april to end of june - 

but like any contract, is the agency or the end company not supposed to tell you 'within ample time', if you will be extended or not...? I only found out 5 days ago that they will not be extending me, but nevertheless, that is 5 days not 14 days....

JReacher1

danielsonjones said:

sharpe106 said:

Notice period for fixed contracts if ending early, you already know the end date of a fixed contract. How long has the contract gone on for?

end of april to end of june - 

but like any contract, is the agency or the end company not supposed to tell you 'within ample time', if you will be extended or not...? I only found out 5 days ago that they will not be extending me, but nevertheless, that is 5 days not 14 days....

I think the expectation is that you should be prepared for your contract to finish on the date specified.  If it is being extended than a new contract will be issued with a new leaving date.  

Its annoying they only gave you 5 days notice they wouldn't extend it but there is nothing wrong with what they have done.

JohnDorian

Does your contract actually say it is 14 days to end contract or 14 days to end contract early? It would be odd if it was 14 days to end a contract on the date that was specified as this would mean it is an open ended contract

danielsonjones

JohnDorian said:

Does your contract actually say it is 14 days to end contract or 14 days to end contract early? It would be odd if it was 14 days to end a contract on the date that was specified as this would mean it is an open ended contract

'Notice Period to be given by Consultant Company: not less than 2 weeks’ notice in writing' 

'Notice Period to be given by Employment Business: not less than 2 weeks’ notice in writing '

1. Neither (the agency name)  nor the Client is under any obligation to procure services from the Consultant Company and the Consultant Company is under no obligation to accept any Assignments that may be offered, save for the Assignment agreed under this Agreement. No party wishes to create or imply any mutuality of obligation between themselves either in the course of or between any performance of the Consultancy Services or during any notice period. Neither (the agency company) nor the Client is obliged to pay the Consultant Company at any time when no Consultancy Services are being provided under this Agreement. 

'All notices which are required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent to the registered office from time to time of the party upon whom the notice is to be served. Any such notice may be delivered personally or by first class prepaid post or by email and shall be deemed to have been served if by hand when delivered; if by first post 48 hours from the time of posting; if sent by e-mail, at the time of despatch if despatched on a Business Day before 4pm or in any other case at 10am on the next Business Day after the day of despatch, unless the transmission report indicates a faulty or incomplete transmission or, within the relevant Business Day, the recipient informs the sender that the e-mail message was received in an incomplete or illegible form.'

KatrinaWaves

It’s too vague to hold them to something it doesn’t clearly state. As stated, contract end dates exist for a reason.