Terms and Conditions: Contractors

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 a contractor chooses only to register their profile by submitting their resume to the WORKERS website:

• WORKERS does not undertake to provide any assurance as to the reputation, corporate integrity or quality of management of the employers listed at this website.
• Any contractual arrangement, arising from the communication between contractors and employers through this site, is strictly between the said two parties.
• Contractors, by submitting a resume, agree to the search and viewing of their submitted details, by employers publicly listed at this site. This list can vary from day to day as employers become registered or are changed.
• Contractors are responsible for protecting their user name and password from disclosure to unauthorised individuals. Contractors also agree to use our Security Statement published on this site as a guide to fully securing their password.
• WORKERS reserves the right to refuse registration of any contractor, and to terminate the registration of existing registered contractors, for whatever reason.

The following terms and conditions apply where a contractor chooses to avail themselves to the Employment Service provided by WORKERS:

• Registration for the Employment Service provided by WORKERS is open only to Australian residents.
• Contractors who can be employed via the WORKERS' employment service are limited to those in the IT, Accounting and Finance and Customer Service sectors. Contractors from other sectors are prohibited from registering with our employment service.
• Contractors are responsible for protecting their user name and password from disclosure to unauthorised individuals. Contractors also agree to use our Security Statement published on this site as a guide to fully securing their password. WORKERS is not responsible for any financial loss caused by the failure of contractors to protect their password or the security of their access to this site.
• WORKERS does not undertake to provide any employment to any contractor registered for its Employment Service, other than when a client company of WORKERS agrees to use the services offered by a contractor.
• Contractors, as a result of a Client company agreeing to use them via the Employment Service provided by WORKERS, are deemed to be employees of workers.com.au at the commencement of a contracting assignment with the Client Company.
• Contractors are required to directly negotiate a base hourly rate of pay, exclusive of the Superannuation Guarantee, with Client companies before the commencement of any assignment. 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.
• Contractors are required, as part of the Employment Service, to provide Client companies with their unique 6-digit payroll ID, which is generated by this website when they have successfully registered for our employment service. Contractors are further required to record the hours worked for a Client company, and to submit a completed timesheet, downloadable from this site, to the Client company for approval at the end of the weekly period. Contractors are to retain a copy of the signed timesheet for their own records.
• The Employment Service provided by WORKERS requires contractors to work under the supervision of our Client companies.
• While performing work for a Client company, contractors agree: (i) to take all reasonable steps to ensure their own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by their actions at work, (ii) to comply with any policies or regulations applicable at the Client companies' premises, (iii) to maintain full confidentiality of all information pertaining to the Client company's operations (iv) to waive all intellectual property rights pertaining to their work for the Client company and, (v) not to engage in conduct detrimental to the interests of the Client company or WORKERS.
• Contractors, as employees of WORKERS, are required by law to complete a Tax File Number Declaration (downloadable from this website). WORKERS will deduct tax in accordance with the law, and the declaration made by contractors. Where applicable, contractors will claim any relevant tax offset benefits via their year-end tax assessment. Contractors, in submitting their payroll data to WORKERS via this site, further agree that their tax-related data shall be identical to their Tax File Number Declaration.
• The remuneration accruing to contractors at the end of a weekly pay period is the number of hours worked multiplied by the base hourly rate. In addition, WORKERS will contribute to an employer-sponsored superannuation fund on behalf of contractors as required by law. This contribution is currently 9% of the calculated remuneration. There is no other remuneration relevant to contractors.
• The WORKERS payroll and payment system records contractor actual pay details, including pay details of the last week and year-to-date. Contractors agree not to require WORKERS to deliver to them paper pay slips. Instead, contractors agree to use the functionality provided by their access to this site to view and if necessary, to print their pay details.
• In the event of injury at the premises of a Client company, contractors agree to inform WORKERS as soon as it is practical to do so. They may also inform our Workers Compensation insurer, GIO Workers Compensation (NSW) Ltd. (Telephone: 1300 652150, Our Policy No: WC299448G).