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Again I am on the move. I pack up the apartment tonight, get in the car and head for the UK.

Work was somewhat unhappy that I have not given them any notice although they were a touch mollified when I told them that I would take some phone calls to answer questions if needed.

The agent is becoming annoyed and worried because he things they won't pay him for December even though they have paid me. I do hope it doesn't come to litigation but if it does I have a copy of the signed contract....

Section 8

8.3 Neither [the agency] nor the Client is obliged to offer the Service Provider any work, and the Service Provider is not obliged to accept any work if offered. The Service Provider is not obliged to make its services available. For the avoidance of doubt all parties agree and intend that there shall be no mutuality of obligations whatsoever either in the course of this contract for services, or during any period where contract work is not available.

When they shut me out of the building last year they enacted the first sentence. Today I enacted the latter part of the first sentence and the second. It should be abundantly clear to them in the third sentence.

Contracting. Everyone wants you yesterday with as little notice as possible to your current client. Nobody wants you to leave until they have everything they didn't request and you have exceeded every expectation....

Whilst being locked out of the office and threatened with no pay for, the unspecified duration, did not drive my decision to move, it radically changes the way that I feel about it.

The contract has no specified notice period. So I am left with not accepting the offered work or making my services available.

I think I have a fairly solid case...

Safe journey and good luck in your new job

I hope everything turns out right for you, Suff.

Wishing you all the best.

All the best Suff, hope you have webbed feet, it's pretty wet here

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Are you coming back just in case we shut the borders straight after the summer Referendum??

Anyway, no point working for a corporation where you're unhappy / not appreciated, especially if your talents are readily marketable elsewhere, Suff.

Good luck with whatever you decide for your next step!

Well done I sincerely hope that this is a new start to a new year and I wish you every success.

Manxie xx

Thanks guys. I have a job to go to and my skills in fixing broken projects will be called into play. They're failing and a very auspicious financial institution has set a deadline which can't be missed.

It's going to be hectic but I like that. Less time to spend trying to work out if you dotted every i with the correct colour ink and more time getting stuff done...

I get the fringe benefit that Mrs S does not have to worry about the mess the Belgian government is making of controlling subversives or what that impact might be to me. I don't mind but she worries.

Safe journey Suff and good luck with whatever you decide to do next. xx

Good luck - hope it all gets sorted out to your satisfaction.

Good luck - hope the journey over wasn't too bad?

Enjoy the challenges the new job brings and hope you have a good work/life balance.