Sometimes it's in effect, BUT..... - Nick Posted: Mar 24th, 2016 - 4:33 pm In Reply to: Good advice, Nick. Is the old adage still in effect? - sm
My best advice as an MT (and only a wannabe lawyer, not yet a member of the Bar--full disclosure here) is that no one should work without a contract or a memorandum of understanding. If you (or they) want to change it, it needs to be initialed and signed by the parties. Example: If it says: "Sarah Smith, otherwise known to the parties as medical transcriptionist #142, will be given one month with pay for her vacation in Paris in August" (I know, I'm delusional here) and instead you, being Sarah, know that Paris is hellishly hot in August, you can strike through "August" and write in "October," and have both parties initial and date. If it were a major change, I would suggest a formal addendum and/or amendment to the original contract between Sarah Gotrocks and the Lickety-Split Transcription Company, original date of 01/08/2008, etc. and take it from there. What worries me most is people who work without a contract at all and there is legal action down the road and it all turns into a "he said, she said" kind of deal. I still think a contract is good protection, I really do, if for no other reason that it shows the Lickety-Split MT Company that you are a serious person and are not likely to take kindly to being kicked around.
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