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Contractor Doctor: Can clients and contractors cut out an agency lying about margins?
Contractors trapped in contracts with steep margins by an agency that lied to the client may be able to find an exit, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�f restrictions that might prevent the worker from contracting direct or via an alternative agency.” Risk-averse� �a thorough analysis of the circumstances and both contracts, a way might be found to release the contractor f� �happy about this and nor is the client. When the contract is up for renewal in a few months I’d like to eit�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Fri, 21 Sept 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can I take three years out for a degree & fund it from my company?
Limited company contractors can fund themselves with company cash during a degree course, but must personally pay for the course, says James Abbott.
�re engineering. Now, after a decade of successful contracting, I’ve built up a substantial cash pile in my cont� �all projects whilst studying, or accepting longer contracts between academic terms during vacations, if that’�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Sun, 07 Oct 2012

Contractor Doctor: Does the 24 month rule apply to two clients at the same location?
Contractors switching contracts between different clients at a similar location cannot reset the 24 month rule, explains James Abbott of Abbott Moore.
�Dear Contractor Doctor I’ve been contracting for a client at its offices just north of London’� �n. Does the 24 month rule still apply if I switch contracts to a new contract with a client a nearby location� �18 months. My existing client is keen to renew my contract for another 12 months, but I was concerned that t�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 15 Oct 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can my client change my role mid-contract?
Contractors don’t have to agree to role changes imposed by a client mid-contract, as the implications of accepting may suggest control.
�addition to or replacing those already agreed and contracted. And by accepting a new set of working conditions� �t mean they will be eligible for much higher paid contracts in future. Accepting a lower than market rate ove� �ctor and for the last three months have been on a contract providing support for a permie project management�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 07 Nov 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can another contractor fire me?
Contractors can’t be fired, only terminated if in breach of contract; contractor project managers are unlikely to have the power to terminate alone.
�nies ). So, they don’t get fired, they have their contracts for services terminated , and if unfairly termina� �appy with my performance, having twice renewed my contract. However, my project manager, another contractor,�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 12 Nov 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can I quit the contract if the role is different than agreed?
Contractors arriving at their new client’s site only to discover the role they had been sold by the agent is totally different can quit the contract.
�Contractor Doctor I’ve just started work on a new contract that has turned out to be completely different to�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Thu, 15 Nov 2012

Contractor Doctor: Can my client refuse to allow already agreed time off?
Contractors don’t book holidays; they negotiate breaks in service provision or supply a substitute for time off that can’t be taken between contracts.
�the contractor fails to deliver their services as contracted, then the contract terminates immediately. In thi� �ractors should take time off for holidays between contracts to ensure that they deliver their services accord� �ey deliver their services according to what their contract specifies. If this is not possible, then contract�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Mon, 07 Jan 2013

Contractor Doctor: Can a restrictive covenant be implied if not in the contract?
There is no reason why contractor contracts should automatically include restrictive covenants implied in the terms, explains Roger Sinclair of Egos.
�s bought by a larger agency. I am now considering contracting direct with the client . However, I have never si� �estrictive covenant is included in all contractor contracts, and there is no legislation requiring the inclus� �me went into receivership after two years and my contract was bought by a larger agency. I am now consideri�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 29 Jan 2013

Contractor Doctor: How does the VAT Flat Rate Scheme work when invoicing EU clients?
Contractors operating the VAT Flat Rate Scheme won’t lose money when invoicing European Union (EU) clients, explains James Abbott of Abbott Moore.
�octor I’ve just started working on a six-month IT contract for a software firm in Dublin. I spend about half�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Tue, 19 Feb 2013

Contractor Doctor: No substitution but can hire subcontractor: what’s my IR35 status?
Contractors with client restrictions on rights of substitution may find hiring a subcontractor achieves the same goals.
�e employed Andy Vessey, Qdos Consulting “In a contracting context, the work completed by the sub-contractor� �s’ claims to be working outside IR35 on their own contracts. The implication of the client saying ‘no substit� �hs. Although I have a right of substitution in my contract, my feeling is that the client would baulk at all�
Category: Articles: Contractor Doctor Q+A | Wed, 15 May 2013