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Napkin, anyone, for your next IT contract?
A music mogul's dinner-table deal and a contractor's quick email exchange have more in common than you'd think — both can be binding. Evane Alexandre, technology lawyer…
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Can a WhatsApp message really be a contract?
Why ‘yes mate, all good’ when your phone pings from an agent probably isn’t the best reply.
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Payment request to bust recruitment agency — free template
A download containing the actual words contractors can use to help recover fees.
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When agencies sink with your contractor invoice: a legal guide
A solicitor’s step-by-step to securing outstanding payments from an agency on the brink.
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When your agency shuts: a recruiter’s 5 tips if you’re unpaid
To receive what’s rightfully theirs from bust recruitment agencies, contractors must become part Praying Mantis; part rabid dog.
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How to get paid by a closed (or closing) recruitment agency
Loudly shouting once a recruiter’s doors are already shut won’t help. But whatever you do as an unpaid agency contractor, don’t feed the vultures.
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Can I invoice before the start of a contract?
Legal aid for when onboarding becomes such a ‘full-time’ commitment that it makes you want to charge.
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Understanding IT contract terminology: 25 key terms explained
Twenty-five common legal words a standard tech contract will invariably throw at you.
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Top 10 home truths of IT contracting in 2024
Four things candidates don’t want to hear, plus six secrets agencies really don’t want you to know.
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Contractors’ Questions: Is four references excessive?
What to tell an agent if you suspect you’re on the end of their fishing expedition.
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Four types of contract breach that contractors need to beware
The most frequently infringed contract terms when signing a services contract too often get skimmed over.
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Contractors’ Questions: How to handle a job offer for salary, plus equity in the company?
Three factors to consider when recruiters call bearing stock -- if you want to avoid something ‘soul-destroying.’
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5 rules for contract software engineers to live by when job-searching
Honour, embed and execute the following to succeed as a freelance software engineer. Especially if your GitHub is showing spaghetti code.
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GDPR for contractors in 2024 be like this…
A contractor’s guide to navigating the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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Contractors, the contract is still king, as Deliveroo’s Supreme Court victory proves
Unfettered substitution as a sign-post to ‘no employment relationship’ is a top takeaway from the food courier firm’s legal win.
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Anti-debt hacks: The ultimate get paid survival guide as an agency IT contractor
Top 12 tried and tested tips for limited company techies on keeping both aged debt and bad debt at bay.
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What contractors cannot do without in their written contract
How to approach your staple document as a supplier; why the small print matters, and when to push back.
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Top 10 tips to avoid scams as a contractor recruitment agency
What can be done to keep scammers and fraudsters at bay? Here’s a starter for ten.
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Intermediaries Reporting Requirements: an overview for contractors
An explainer to the HMRC system in place to flag up when contractors haven’t had PAYE deducted.
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The Agency Legislation: an overview for contractors
What lurks at Section 44-47 of Chapter 7 of part 2 ITEPA -- explained.
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What risks does replacing the GDPR hold for UK IT contractors and their clients?
Despite two big concerns over the Tory plan to replace the General Data Protection Regulation, there are three steps tech contractors can take.
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What are the Conduct Regulations?
An explainer of the 2003 rules, in force to govern agencies and protect all who use them -- including contractors.
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Does my contract need to be in writing?
Why words are wisest to take care of the three Cs – Complexity, Certainty, Coverage.
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How do I charge a monthly retainer? 5 tips for contractors
How to charge clients a retainer, while factoring in scope, documents and IR35.