Running a business whilst still employed?

[hillway]

Hi all , I have been employed by a well known IT company on there books as a full time employee
whislt also running my own IT consultancy via my own ltd company for 4 months and rendering services to another client via the ltd company.

I just wanted to know if i have acted lawfully .

Im asking this question as the company i have been doing work for via the LTD company somehow found out that i have a " Day job " and am employed somewhere else..they dont seem to be impressed

There is no conflict of interest between the 2 roles and I have fullfilled my contractual obligations though now not working for them they have with held a final payment from my invoice due to this. ?

I will be paying any tax due as both personal and LTD.

I just want to know where i stand legally from all this and any advice you can give for me to get paid up what is due.

 

[cheaper accountant]

I can't see a problem with what you are doing and there will be a large number of people who start up in business in the manner you have, juggling their own business with a full time job.

This is no reason to withhold payment for the services you have provided and your private affairs (the fact that you are employed full-time) should not come into this.

I see no reason why your customer should withhold payment and I if I was you I would insist that they pay up.

You might want to trying posting this in the legal section to see if a legal expert has a different view.

 

[SetupaCompany]

Have you checked your employment contract that you had with the company providing your full-time job? This would normally set out what you are allowed to do in terms of other work. Some companies add in that you are not allows to take on any other paid work, others allow it if it does not conflict or compete with their work.

That would be the first thing to check as it would tell you whether you broke the contract or not. If not then I should think you have a very good case and should be able to get the money out of them.

If it turns out you have broken the contract then I would have thought the worst they can do is dismiss you but not withhold any money but I am not legally trained so would be worth getting input from a legal expert that specialises in employment law.