Name: Independent Contractor Agreement
Brand: Made It Legal
SKU: 4793
Price: 30.45 CAD
Availability: InStock

Independent Contractor Agreement

$29.00

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Let's get started with your agreement the right way.
Are you the contractor providing the services, or the business hiring the contractor? We'll write your agreement to be suited to you.*
- I am the business hiring the contractor
- I am the contractor doing the services
What format do you want for your agreement?
- Standard format (used for straightforward services)
- Master Services Agreement format (used for projects with multiple phases)
What is a Master Services Agreement format?

Each phase of your project will have different tasks, services, prices, and other terms for what you’re going to do. Rather than having to sign up a whole new agreement each time, we put all of those details into a shorter document called a "Statement of Work". When the next phase comes along, you do up a new Statement of Work with the details for the next phase.

Each Statement of Work is controlled by the Master Services Agreement. That's where your "master" terms that will apply to every phase of your project live. Since these master terms don't change, you don’t need to keep signing up a new contract each time you start a new phase of a project. You just do up a short Statement of Work, attach it to the Master Services Agreement, and you're ready to start.

If you choose this option, we will make your document as a Master Services Agreement. Your first Statement of Work will also be included.

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Let's talk about insurance.
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How much general liability insurance should the contractor have to carry?*
It's common (and generally a good idea) for clients to require their contractors to have a minimum amount of insurance, usually at least $1 million to $5 million in general liability insurance.
Insurance opt out
- The contractor does not have to have insurance (not typically recommended)
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How much general liability insurance will you promise to have for your work?*
It's common for clients to want you to have some insurance in case something goes wrong. A common request is for the contractor to have $2 million in commercial general liability insurance (called a "CGL" policy). But you can choose any amount you feel makes sense for your work, or not make any promise about insurance at all.
Insurance opt out
- No insurance requirement

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We'll go over confidentiality now.
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How do you want to deal with confidential information?
How do you want to deal with confidential information?*
- Only my contractor has to keep information confidential
- Only I have to keep information confidential
- Both of us will keep information confidential (mutual)
You should only agree to this one if your negotiating position is very weak. Generally speaking, you will want your contractor to agree to keep your information confidential.
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- Skip this part
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How do you want to deal with confidential information?
How do you want to deal with confidential information?*
- Only I have to keep information confidential
- Only my client has to keep information confidential
- Both of us will keep information confidential (mutual)
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- Skip this part
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How long should information stay confidential?*
Confidentiality promises usually can't last forever (they may be unenforceable if they go on too long). One to three years is pretty typical. If you're unsure, 2 years is a good place to start. 10 years is often seen as the upper limit to confidentiality and more typically seen in sensitive industries.

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Let's talk about competition now.
What kind of protections do you want to include? Click on the "?" buttons if you need help deciding.
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What kind of protections do you want to include? Click on the "?" buttons if you need help deciding.
- Non-solicitation (a promise to not hire client employees and independent contractors)
- Non-competition (a promise to not compete with the client business)
Since your contractor may work closely with your employees and other contractors or consultants, you may be concerned about your people taking a job opportunity with the contractor. So, you can ask your contractor to promise to not directly offer a job or other work to your employees, contractors, and consultants.

This kind of promise is called a "non-solicitation" clause. It's a fairly common ask by clients. If you would like to include a non-solicitation clause, we can put one in the contract for you.

You may want to ask your contractor to promise not to work for your competition. For example, if you're hiring the contractor to develop a marketing plan you may not want them to also work for your competitor because it could be a conflict of interest. This kind of promise is called a "non-competition" clause. They are hard to enforce and a court will not uphold the promise if it goes on for too long.

Your contractor will not likely be in favour of adding a non-competition clause because they will want to be free to work for as many clients as they can. But if your work together is very sensitive or you're in a better negotiating position, you could insist on a non-competition clause.
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Will you be including any protections for your client? As the contractor, it's in your interest to exclude these things. But if your client is insisting on it, we can add them in and we'll write them in a way that's as favourable to you as possible. Click on the "?" buttons if you need help deciding.
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Will you be including any protections for your client? As the contractor, it's in your better interests to exclude these things. But if your client is insisting on it, we can add them in and we'll write them in a way that's as favourable to you as possible. Click on the "?" buttons if you need help deciding.*
- Non-solicitation (a promise to not hire client employees and independent contractors)
- Non-competition (a promise to not compete with the client business)
Since you may work closely with your client's employees and their other contractors, your client may be concerned about their people taking a job opportunity with you. For example, if the work you're doing for your client is sensitive or the client has people working for them that are in the same industry as you, they could be worried about losing a key person on their team when they really need them. So, your client may ask you to promise to not directly offer a job or work to their people.

This kind of promise is called a "non-solicitation" clause. It's a fairly common ask by clients. If you would like to include a non-solicitation clause, we can put one in the contract for you.

Your client may ask you to promise not to work for their competition. For example, if your client is hiring you to develop a marketing plan they may not want you to also work for their competitor because it could be a conflict of interest. This kind of promise is called a "non-competition" clause. They are hard to enforce and a court will not uphold the promise if it goes on for too long.

You're likely not in favour of adding a non-competition clause because you want to be free to work for as many clients as you can. But if you would like to include a non-competition clause because the work you're doing is very sensitive or you want to give it to win the client's work, we can include one for you.
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How long should the promise to not hire the client's employees and other contractors or consultants go on for?*
Non-solicitation promises are usually upheld by courts, so long as they are reasonable. One to two years is pretty standard. You could have a longer time period if the work is quite sensitive.
How long should the promise to not compete last?*
Non-competition promises are treated carefully by the courts. If they're too long they won't be enforceable. Unless your work is very sensitive, anything longer than 2 years is probably at risk of being unenforceable if you went to court over it.

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Ending your contract.
Do you want to include a fixed end date for the services?*
- Yes
- No
If you include a fixed end date, the contract and services will end on that day unless the contractor and client agree to extend the date.
Please choose an end date.*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
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How many days notice do you want to give to your contractor when you cancel the services?
How many days notice do you want to give to your contractor when you cancel the services?*
We'll make your contract say you can cancel the services at any time to put you in the best position to move on if you need to. It's common to give your contractor some advance notice though. For example, you can say you will only cancel the services by giving 30 days heads up notice to your contractor. This is a common ask, and allows contractors to plan their workflow and cover any short-term expenses they have already paid for in connection with your work.

As the client, it's in your interests to either not have a notice period or to keep it as short as you can.
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- No early notice needed
How many days notice must your contractor give you when they cancel the services?
How many days notice must your contractor give you when they cancel the services?*
The longer, the better for you.
Contractor cannot early terminate
- The contractor is not allowed to cancel the services early
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How many days notice do you want to give to your client when you cancel your services?
How many days notice do you want to give to your client when you cancel your services?*
We'll make your contract say you can cancel your services at any time to put you in the best position to move on if you need to. It's common to give your client some advance notice though so they're not left in a bind. For example, you can agree to cancel the services only by giving 15 days heads up notice to your client.
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- No early notice needed
How many days notice must your client give you when they cancel the services?
How many days notice must your client give you when they cancel the services?*
The longer, the better for you.
Client cannot early terminate
- The client is not allowed to cancel the services early

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Let's fill in your details now.
Let's fill in your details now.
How is the business set up?*
- Sole Proprietor
- Corporation
- Limited Partnership
- General Partnership
Being a sole proprietor means you haven't incorporated and are doing business in your own personal name.
Please tell us what name to put on the contract.*
First Last
Please tell us the name of the business.*
Tell us the name of the general partner of the limited partnership.*
Limited Partnerships always have a General Partner (a "GP"). The GP is the one that signs contracts for the Limited Partnership.
Who is signing on behalf of the business?
This part is optional.
First Last Job Title
And now let's fill in your client's details.
And now let's fill in your contractor's details.
Is the other party a person or company?*
- Person
- Company
Please tell us what name to put on the contract.*
First Last
Please tell us the name of the business.*
Who is signing on behalf of the business?
This part is optional.
First Last Job Title

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Let's add the finishing touches to your document now.
What currency do you want to use?*
- Canadian dollars
- US dollars
Where do you do business from?*
Province
Give your agreement a date.*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
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Independent Contractor Agreement

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Let's get started with your agreement the right way.

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Let's go over the work you're hiring the contractor to do.

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Let's go over the services you're doing as the Contractor.

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Let's go over billing now.

Let's talk about insurance.

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We'll go over confidentiality now.

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Let's talk about competition now.

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Ending your contract.

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Let's fill in your details now.

Let's fill in your details now.

And now let's fill in your client's details.

And now let's fill in your contractor's details.

Let's add the finishing touches to your document now.

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