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Jimmy

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21 July 2014 18:55

Hi there. I was booked in to work for several months as a freelance technician and due to schedule problems the company have cancelled me after two weeks. What can I do about this? Am I entitled to be paid? Appreciate any advice...

threelancer 24 July 2014 07:46

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It depends on your contract. Did you have a contract in place?
JML 25 July 2014 07:11

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Sorry to hear about that [USER=28475]@Jimmy[/USER] - as [USER=3804]@threelancer[/USER] said, if you have a contract in place then you have some hope - even if it is just an email from them confirming that amount of work it could be possibly seen as a contract... Possibly!

Were you working direct or through an agency? Also, are they regular clients or were you seeing this as a one-off bit of work? That would alter how hard you would go after them IMO...
Knappsimon 27 July 2014 13:44

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How incredibly annoying!
RexWrite 29 July 2014 09:21

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Jimmy that's really frustrating. I can only echo what the other two have said. It's dependent upon whether you signed and contract and if you did what that contract stated.
Lupita 3 August 2014 05:45

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The advice so far Jimmy is sound. You'd need to check your contract; look for non-payment clauses like the one referred to here and then consider taking legal/contractual advice. You may well be entitled to some form of payment/compensation, as this freelancer was.

Tell us how you get on. My best bet: the client will do all in its power to not give you a penny!:rolleyes:
Alisonp 29 August 2014 11:46

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And if you supply your own T&Cs, make sure they have a clause about cancellations written in ...

So sorry to hear about this.

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