Independent Contractor Agreement Template Australia
Do you hire independent contractors in your business? The Independent Contractor Agreement is a template contractor agreement for contracting arrangements. It includes details as to whether you wish to allow them to hire subcontractors to deliver the work, or not.
It is to be used when the person you hire to provide the work or service will be under contract rather than an employee. Available in Word doc version, you can badge it with your business logo and proceed with confidence.
The Independent Contractor Agreement Template Australia is a template - Independent Contractor Agreement for a Principal (business) employing an independent contractor to work for their business.
This Template is a general template drafted for Australian laws
You are required to enter in all party details of the arrangement including scope of work, fees, payment terms and governing law. You are prompted to do this where the text is red in the agreement.
Note that in Australia, an Independent Contractor’s Agreement does NOT create the same employment relationship between the parties as an employment agreement. As a result, a contractor remains responsible for superannuation, insurance tax and other leave entitlements and can only collect the agreed Price under the contractor’s agreement, unless the Superannuation Guarantee Threshold is reached and the principal must pay superannuation to the contractor. Before using the Independent Contractor Agreement Template, we suggest you review the Australian Tax Office guidelines for an independent contractor to ensure that your proposed contracting arrangement will not be classed as an employee and employer relationship.
The Independent Contractor Agreement Template contains clauses which set out:
The general terms of the agreement including length of contract, project price;
The duties of both parties, including what the Contractor must do;
Protection of intellectual property owned by both parties;
The records the Contractor must keep;
How the Contractor will invoice the Principal;
Warranties and indemnities if something goes wrong;
The type of insurance the contractor requires;
Non-solicit or non-poaching clauses to make sure the contractor doesn’t take the principal’s clients and these parameters are clear;
Contractor access to IT systems; and
Confidentiality
What happens when you purchase our Independent Contractor Agreement Template?
You will receive a download link to an editable Microsoft Word document (your template) immediately after purchase of the template.
Download the template (your access will expire after 24 hours but once you save it on your desktop, it is yours to keep forever)
Add your own logo/badge and change the font to personalise your document.
Add your information where we have red text indicators and/ or guidance notes. While you can edit the contract, we suggest you don’t edit without legal advice as these templates have been drafted by an experienced lawyer.
Your template can be used more than once, however you should be mindful that where a significant amount of time has passed since it was purchased or the law in that area has changed significantly, the template may not be current or up to date with the law.
Disclaimer
In downloading the Independent Contractor Agreement template Australia from Ready to Boss Legal (Template), you have not asked us to provide legal advice to you.
This document contains information only, noting it was current as at the time of the date in the footer of the template document. We cannot guarantee that the law will not have changed since your purchase of the document and you are obligated to ensure that if you save and use at a later date, that the law remains current.
Ready to Boss Legal is not acting as your lawyer in providing this document to you and provides it as legal information only.
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