I'm jumping in late, but... At 10:26 AM 7/2/2005, you wrote: > >> It's not normal in my experience. What are some of the > >> escape clauses > >> and where do you live? > >> > > This is what I find to be bothersome: > > > 3.2. Payments. SSA shall remit payment to Contractor when > > the monies are received from SSAâs customer and on > > receipt of all properly submitted invoices, unless > > otherwise agreed upon in writing in Section 7 of the > > Order. The Contractor shall not be entitled to payment to > > the extent that the client refuses to pay SSA for the > > services of the Contractorâs employees because of > > unsatisfactory performance. > >So what they're saying is "if our client doesn't like your work and >decides not to pay us, we're not paying you, and we're not going to >try and do anything about it". I don't find it especially surprising. >I don't know if it's common. I don't consider it a good contract,
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