When it ends
Notice, being let go, the work drying up — what you are owed, what you can ask for, and what simply stops.
How much notice am I owed, if any?
What you signedIs anything payable to me at the end?
The law where you areCan I be let go without a reason?
The law where you areWill I be told it is coming?
Four questions a person in this position actually asks. One of them has no answer anybody can give in advance, and nothing here fills a blank with a guess. The first two can be settled today and the last one never can be.
Notice, and Whether You Have Any
Notice here buys each side a little time to arrange something, and that is all it does; the period is frequently shorter than people assume.
Being Let Go Without a Reason
Most independent arrangements can be ended without reasons given, and whether anything protects you against that follows from your category.
The Work That Just Stops Arriving
The commonest ending in this position is no ending at all: the work thins, nothing is said, and nobody can tell you whether it is over.
The Last Invoice
The final payment is the one most likely to go unpaid, because the relationship that would have resolved it has ended.
What You Take With You
What leaves with you is decided by a clause you signed and by what you copied in time, and the second is usually the part people get wrong.
References, and Who Gives Them
Nobody is obliged to give you one, and the person who would is frequently gone by the time you need it.
Being Told It Is Coming
Warning that an engagement is ending is worth more than notice, and it is given informally or not at all.