simonuk - 4:30 pm on Feb 12, 2009 (gmt 0)

Personally speaking in this current climate I would not drop this contract. The World is in a mess and you never know what is around the corner. This is one egg in your basket and I would want to keep as many eggs as I could right now.

So what I would do? I would again start a timesheet with the hours worked and when that has been reached I would simply say you have an extra 3 or 4 hours beyond that and then I stop for that month. The extra shows your care but not so much that they can tred all over you.

You have shown that since you started that you are prepared to go well beyond the hours charged so why would they expect you to stop doing it now? The second you have reached the time period you send an email saying you'll do another few hours for free so prioritise the time left wisely!