Service Agreement

I know paperwork isn’t anyone’s favorite part - especially when you’d rather be in riding. This little agreement just helps us both stay on the same page. It’s written in plain English, and it’s all about making sure you feel supported and confident in how we’ll work together. If there’s anything in here that doesn’t make sense or feels a bit too ‘businessy,’ please just ask me. I’m always happy to explain or chat it through.

Service Agreement

In this Agreement, the party who is contracting to receive the services shall be referred to as the "Client" and the party who will be providing the services shall be referred to as the "Contractor".

Description Of Services

The Contractor will provide the following services (collectively, the "Services"): Administration Services

The Services must be supplied:

to the best of the Contractor’s ability and knowledge.
in accordance with reasonable technical directions given by the Client to the Contractor.
in compliance with all applicable standards, awards, laws and regulations.

Term/Termination

This agreement may be terminated by either party at any time by giving to the other not less than seven (7) days' written notice. In the case of termination, the Client will pay the Contractor for all services accrued up to and including the date of termination immediately upon receipt of a Tax Invoice.

Relationship Of Parties

It is understood by the parties that the Contractor is and shall remain an independent contractor with respect to the Client and not an employee of the Client and cannot bind the Client. The Client will not provide fringe benefits, including health insurance benefits, paid vacation, or any other employee benefit, for the benefit of the Contractor. The Contractor and the Client agree to the following rights consistent with an independent contractor status:

The Contractor has the right to perform services for others during the term of this Agreement.
The Contractor has the sole right to control and direct the means, manner and method by which the services required by this Agreement will be performed.
The Contractor has the right to hire assistants as subcontractors, or to use employees to provide the services required by this Agreement.
The Contractor or the Contractor’s employees or subcontractors shall perform the services required by this Agreement; the Client shall not hire, supervise or pay any assistants to help the Contractor.
Neither the Contractor nor the Contractor’s employees or subcontractors shall receive any training from the Client in the skills necessary to perform the services required by this Agreement.
The Client shall not require the Contractor or the Contractor’s employees or subcontractors to devote full time to performing the services required by this Agreement.

Service Waiver

The Client hereby agrees that all materials furnished to the Contractor are owned by the Client, or that the Client has permission from the rightful owner to use such materials, and will hold harmless, protect, and defend the Contractor from any claim or suit which may arise from the use of such materials.

Work Product Ownership

The Contractor presently assigns to the Client all existing and future intellectual property rights in all inventions, models, designs, drawings, plans, reports, proposals and other materials (collectively the “Work Product”) created or generated in whole or in part by the Contractor in connection with the performance of the Contractor’s obligations under this Agreement (whether alone or with the Client, its other employees or contractors) for use by the Client. Upon request, the Contractor shall sign all documents necessary to confirm or perfect the exclusive ownership of the Client to the Work Product.

Urgent Requests

Requests requiring completion within a period of less than 24 hours will incur an additional fee. This fee will be a minimum of $35.00, in the instance the fee is to be increased this will be advised prior to any work being started.

Confidentiality

The Contractor will not at any time disclose to any third party any information that is identified as confidential by the Client. The Contractor will protect such information and treat it as strictly confidential. This provision shall continue to be effective after the termination of this Agreement.

Hours Of Operation

The following hours are when I am available to speak with you via phone or video chat. You may notice that I work either earlier in the morning or later in the evening, I ask that you respect my business hours, as I yours.

Monday to Friday
9.00am to 5.00pm Australian Eastern Time (AEST or AEDT)

Entire Agreement

This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties, and supersedes any and all previous representations, warranties, undertakings, and agreements.

No Partnership

This Agreement does not create a partnership relationship. Neither party has authority to enter into contracts on the other's behalf.

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable.

Notices

Any notice may be given by delivering it to the other party at the above address, or by email, or otherwise allowed by law.

Delivery

The parties may agree on a timetable for delivery of the Services, which also forms part of this Agreement. Delivery preferences consist of email, electronic document storage programs (such as OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive), pick up/drop off, standard mail, Express Post delivery, courier services. There will be no charge for electronic or email delivery. Client is responsible for any Australia Post charges, including Express Post delivery, Air Mail, and courier charges.

Responsibility

The Contractor strives to provide error-free work. Typographical errors or mistakes which are clearly the fault of the Contractor will be corrected at no charge. Client revisions will be charged at the rate set out in clause 2 hereof. Final proofreading is the responsibility of the Client. The Contractor is not responsible for any loss due to clerical errors on our part missed by the Client.

Choice Of Law

The applicable law to the Agreement and to disputes arising out of the subject matter of this Agreement is the law applicable to Victoria, Australia.

Payment Guarantee

The Client guarantees to the Contractor the due and punctual payment of any sum payable by the Client, all moneys due to the Contractor. Payment may be made by direct deposit to the Contractor’s bank account, or other method as outlined on Contractor’s invoices.

Ready to get started? If you’ve read through this and have questions, would like to chat about it further or feel good about working together - please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I’m here to help, and I’d love to hear about your business.