No-break clause in contract
Hi fellow contract Redditors,
For the first time, I'm facing a situation where I want to break the contract early due to a change in my manager's attitude and not sure how to manage this given there is no break-out clause in the contract. Any advice?
Context: I started a contract 4 months ago (set-up via my LTD), initially for 2 months and then extended to another 6 months. The contract had no clause stating under what terms I can break the contract but the employer has clauses for that (i.e., they can break the contract but I can't break it). In recent weeks, my direct manager has suddenly become almost abusive as his stress levels are increasing (before he was a bit erratic but manageable; now he's crossed a line). Not willing to accept that, I'm considering breaking the contract but given that I have no clause on the terms in which I can do that, I'm unsure how to manage this.
Has any of you been in a similar situation? How would you approach this?
Thank you
LE: Thank you for all the answers. I really appreciate that you took the time for that. To add add some further information (whilst keeping anonymity):
- Contract is signed with an EU entity (so I'm assuming there should be no IR35 debate) and I work mostly with a UK team but also sometimes travel to the EU
- the deliverable is "advisory services" for a certain period of time
- I'm understand that it's unlikely to have to pay compensation to the employer but what concerns me is that I won't get paid on my outstanding invoices (60 day payment period) and it would be too expensive to go through the (foreign) court; ultimately, the said manager needs to approve my invoices and he can choose to be petty