Hi

I'm locum pharmacy currently working at the prison.

Could anyone help me to interpret this clause of terms of engagement? I will really appreciate it.

''Relevant period'' = means the longer period of either 14 weeks from the first day on which the contractor worked for the client, or 8 weeks from the day after the contractor was last supplied by the employment business to the client.

If, before the first assignment, during the course of an assignment or within the relevant period, the client wishes to employ the contractor direct or through another employment business, the contractor acknowledges that the employment business will be entitled either to charge the client a fee or to agree an extension of the hiring period with the client at the end of which the contractor may be engaged directly by the client or through another employment business without further charge to the client. In addition, the employment business will be entitled to charge a fee to the client if the client introduces the contractor to a third party who subsequently engages the contractor within the relevant period.


I have stopped working with X agency for more than two months already and never received any pay from them. I have then changed to other agency (Y). Does that mean X agency has no right to charge the prison service a fee? (they emailed my line manager to pay £10,000 as an introduction fee).
Besides, I have emailed X agency 2 weeks notice before I stopped working with them.

It would be really great if anyone can help me.