Terms and conditions for any tradesman working alone or as
part of his own team.
About this document
This document is suitable for:
• Tradesmen contractors;
• Any construction business;
• A self employed tradesman;
• Householders.
For thousands of self employed people some version of this document will be presented to a new client as “my contract”. For any business using self employed builder or construction industry staff it provides the essential starting point for the relationship.
If you are really an employee, take note: Although the agreement clothes the transaction with all the characteristics of self employment, simply using one of these contracts will not necessarily avoid the relationship of employer and employed. Both the ATO and any industrial tribunal will be entitled to look behind the agreement at the reality of the contract. Some of the questions they might ask are:
• Is this the contractors only work or does he work for others too?
• Does the client control how the work is done?
• Are the hours fixed by the client or can the contractor choose when he works?
• Does the contractor work on the clients premises, using the client's equipment?
• To what extent is the contractor at risk as a self employed person?
Application
and features
May also be used for a series of assignments or a single assignment;
Very flexible to suit the requirements of either or both parties;
Provides a complete framework;
Protects both sides;
Establishes as far as possible a self employed status for the purposes of self employment and reduces the chances for employer obligations to arise.
Contents
Work to be completed;
Tradesman’s obligations;
Tradesman’s fees and expenses;
Strict health and safety clauses;
Confidentiality clauses;
Provisions for data protection;
Plus all other usual legal provisions.
Word
Count (approximate):
Document: 3000
words
Explanatory notes:
700
words
Draftsman
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