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Terms and Conditions: Employers

Workers.com.au (henceforth "WORKERS") provides, via this website, a meeting place for contractors and employers. It also provides an employment service.

The following terms and conditions apply where an employer chooses only to use WORKERS, via this website, to advertise contract job positions, to search and to employ contractors themselves:

  • WORKERS does not undertake to provide any assurance as to the quality or capability of the contractors registered at this website.
  • In using WORKERS' facility to advertise contract job positions to contractors, Employers agree not to be in breach of any applicable legislation and common law in relation to what is written and submitted in their job advertisements.
  • Any contractual arrangement, arising from the communication between contractors and employers through this website, is strictly between the said two parties.
  • Employers, having applied for registration, agree to the condition that they shall use any information obtained from this site only for the sole purpose of finding suitable contractors for their own work entities. Use of such information for any other purpose, such as for the purpose of sourcing contractors for an employment agency, is prohibited.
  • Employers agree to have the following details about their entities publicly listed on this website: Company Name, Industry, Suburb, Website Address (if available).
  • Employers are responsible for protecting the password given to them by WORKERS from disclosure to unauthorised individuals. Employers also agree to use our Security Statement published on this site as a guide to fully securing their password.
  • Employers agree to pay WORKERS a joining fee of $99 on registration for this contractor search service. This fee will be refunded to employers if and when they choose to access our Employment Service, and becomes a client company of WORKERS. This fee is subject to change, but Client companies will be advised via our Newsletter page on this site at least 14 days prior to any proposed increases.
  • WORKERS reserves the right to refuse registration of any employer, and to terminate the registration of existing registered employers, for whatever reason.
  • WORKERS may vary these terms and conditions, subject to giving Client companies at least 14 days' notice via our Newsletter page at this site.

The following terms and conditions apply where an employer chooses to use WORKERS to provide an Employment Service, and becomes a client company of WORKERS:

  • WORKERS does not undertake to provide any assurance as to the quality or capability of the contractors registered at this website. Client companies are responsible for the recruitment decision and must satisfy themselves as to the suitability of any contractors sourced via this site, or other contractors not sourced through this site, that they may wish to employ via WORKERS' employment service.
  • WORKERS is not responsible for any loss, damage, costs or compensation, whether direct or indirect, which may be suffered by Client companies for which they may become liable, arising out of using WORKERS' contractors.
  • Client companies are not obligated to use WORKERS' Employment Service. They are however deemed to have an intention to use WORKERS' Employment Service when they have faxed through a completed and authorised direct debit request form. The terms of the service agreement on the direct debit request form are also applicable as part of these terms and conditions. Client companies are further deemed to have an intention to use particular contractors registered with WORKERS' employment service when they have requested from the said contractors their 6-digit Payroll Ids.
  • Contractors who can be employed via the WORKERS' employment service are limited to those in the IT, Accounting and Finance and Customer Service sectors. Client companies are prohibited from using contractors outside these nominated sectors.
  • Client companies have a responsibility for ensuring that all its obligations under applicable Occupational Health and Safety legislation are satisfied. Client companies also agree to provide an appropriate induction to all contractors legally employed by WORKERS at the beginning of their assignment.
  • Client companies retain supervision and control of our contractors, and therefore have control over the outcome and performance of our contractors.
  • WORKERS, as employers of the contractors, becomes responsible for all statutory obligations, including the deduction of appropriate tax as required by the ATO, Superannuation Guarantee charges, Payroll Tax, Workers Compensation Insurance payments.
  • Client companies agree to negotiate a base hourly rate of pay, exclusive of Superannuation, with contractors before the commencement of any assignment. The negotiated hourly rate shall equal to or exceed the applicable Federal or State award rates. The timesheet from our Resources section can be used as a written record of this agreement. The base hourly rate is defined as being inclusive of annual leave, sick leave and long service leave.
  • Client companies agree to pay WORKERS an invoice amount for work carried out by our contractors equalling to the sum of the following: the number of hours worked x agreed base hourly rate, Superannuation at 9% of base dollars calculated, Payroll Tax at 6% of the sum of base dollars and Superannuation, Workers Compensation insurance costs at 1% of base dollars, Worker's Service Charge at 5% of base dollars. GST at 10% is applicable on all charges. These costs are subject to change, but Client companies will be advised via our Newsletter page on this site at least 14 days prior to any proposed increases.
  • Client companies, on the completion of work by WORKERS' contractors at the end of weekly payroll period, which is from Monday to Sunday, agree to (a) acknowledge the work completed by signing the completed timesheet presented to them by our contractors, and (b) submit the timesheet electronically via this site, between Friday and Monday (AEST) at the end of the weekly payroll period. Should Monday be a Public Holiday, Client companies agree to submit the timesheet by the following day.
  • Client companies, on completion by WORKERS of the payroll and payment execution process which takes place within 5 days of the end of the weekly period, are able to view and to print the relevant Tax Invoice, issued by WORKERS to them. In meeting their statutory obligation or accounting requirements, Client companies agree to access their View/Print Invoice function available to them via their user logon, and to execute the printing of any Tax Invoices by themselves.
  • WORKERS, in maintaining or restoring the security of our transactional systems, may execute changes in the manner by which Client companies are able to use this site. In the very unlikely event of a non-availability of this website for whatever reason, Client companies agree to the use of a spreadsheet template that will be sent to them, for the purpose of submitting a timesheet by e-mail.
  • Client companies are responsible for protecting the password given to them by WORKERS from disclosure to unauthorised individuals. Client companies also agree to use our Security Statement published on this site as a guide to fully securing their password.
  • Client companies agree to indemnify WORKERS for any loss arising directly or indirectly from a failure to take reasonable steps to prevent their password from being used for unauthorised access to this website.
  • WORKERS reserves the right to refuse the provision of this Employment Service to any potential Client company, and to terminate the provision of the service to existing Client companies, for whatever reason.
  • WORKERS may vary these terms and conditions, subject to giving Client companies at least 14 days' notice via our Newsletter page at this site.
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