Overview
An invoice in accordance with the Company’s chosen payment option will be issued upon agreement. Work will not commence until invoice has been paid.
All invoices must be paid within 1 day of receipt or prior to agreed upon start date. A $250 late fee will be applied to any invoices 30 days past due. There will be no refunds on monies paid.
Contractor reserves the right to cease providing services for Company until the current invoice is paid and waives responsibility for any effect this may have on your business or its operations.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
Contractor is an independent contractor of Company. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to create the relationship of employer and employee, principal and agent, partnership or joint venture, or any other fiduciary relationship.
Contractor will subcontract portions of the project to other contractors. Contractor will maintain all agreements with subcontractor to provide for confidentiality of the Company’s business information and assets.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Contractor shall not, during the time of rendering services to Company or thereafter, disclose to anyone other than authorized contractors of Company (or persons designated by such duly authorized employees of Company) or use for the benefit of Contractor and her subcontractors or for any entity other than Company, any information of a confidential nature, including but not limited to, information relating to: any such materials or intellectual property; any of Company’ projects or programs; the technical, commercial or any other affairs of Company; or, any confidential information which Company has received from a third party. It is acknowledged and agreed that the following is not confidential information: (i) information generally available to the public, (ii) information available from a third-party source, (iii) information that was known or in the possession of the Contractor prior to the receipt from Company, and (iv) information that was independently developed by Contractor.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
All work done by Contractor for Company under this agreement is work made for hire including all registered and unregistered patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret rights in anything created or developed by Contractor for Company under this Agreement.
All articles, books, speeches written by Contractor for Company as work made for hire will be credited to Contractor as author or contributor.
Contractor retains all registered and unregistered patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret rights in anything Contractor created or developed prior to this Agreement.
NON-SOLICITATION
Company agrees, for a period of one (1) year following the execution date hereof, directly or indirectly not to: (i) recruit, solicit, induce, or influence any subcontractor of Contractor to cease being a subcontractor of Contractor or to accept employment with, or to become a contractor, consultant, or service provider for any entity other than Contractor ; (ii) hire or participate (with Contractor or third party) in the process of hiring any person who is then or was at any time in the prior six (6) months a subcontractor of Contractor, or to provide names or other information about employees of Contractor to any person or business under circumstances which could lead to the use of that information for purposes of recruiting or hiring; (iii) interfere with the relationship of Contractor with any of its sub-contractors, agents, or representatives; or (iv) otherwise interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to interfere with or disrupt, the relationship, contractual or otherwise, between Contractor and any of its sub-contractors, consultants or employees.
TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT
Agreements becomes effective upon the signing by both parties.
Engagements includes only those services specifically described in the agreement. Any additional services requested will require an amendment to the agreement or an express written approval relating to the additional services before the services will be completed.
Additions or changes may change the timeline of when the project can be completed.
Company or Contractor may terminate the Agreement by giving 60 days written notice to the other party of the intent to terminate along with their reasons for termination. In the event of termination by request by the Company, the Company is still responsible to pay the Contractor for the remainder of the contracted term as described in Payment Terms. Contractor may terminate the agreement at will if it feels the Company has created a hostile or otherwise unmanageable working relationship.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties, and supersedes all prior agreements, representations, and understandings of the parties, written or oral.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of North Carolina without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
If any provision of this Agreement, or any portion thereof, is held to be invalid and unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
The Company agrees to indemnify, defend, and save the Contractor harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities costs, and expenses exceeding the amount invested in Contractor services.
Waiver. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege in respect of this Agreement will not be presumed to operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.
Refunds
There will be no refunds on monies paid.
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