Freelancer Agreement

⚡tl;dr be aware of the distinction between employees and freelancers docid\ v7muiowtfso1x63ctyv9u have a proper ip assignment to ensure that all ip created by the freelancer is assigned to the company book a free call with us what it is, and why is it important? a freelancer agreement is a contract between a company and a freelancer acting as a service provider a freelancer agreement includes the following topics scope of work determine the services and deliverables of the freelancer timelines and acceptance state when the services must be provided and under what conditions the deliverables must be accepted by the company remuneration define how and when the freelancer is compensated this could be a flat fee or on an hourly basis with a given hourly rate ip assignment ensures that all ip created by the freelancer is transferred to the company confidentiality & non solicitation have mechanisms to share information with your freelancer without jeopardizing your company liability by default, the liability of the freelancer is unlimited you can choose to limit or cap it in the agreement termination under swiss law, both parties have a mandatory legal right to terminate any freelancer agreement (i e , any mandate agreement) immediately and without notice period remember that this applies even if you agree on notice periods in the agreement distinction with employment agreement sometimes, hiring freelancers can be an attractive alternative to hiring employees as a source of specialist know how and interim resources however, you must be careful that the relationship between the company and this person really falls under a freelancer agreement and is not an employment agreement learn about the distinction criteria by checking our page on the distinction between employees and freelancers docid\ v7muiowtfso1x63ctyv9u and avoid so called "false self employment" what needs to be in the contract? best practices ip assignment all ip created by the freelancer is transferred and assigned to the company for more details, check our page on ip ownership & ip assignment docid\ osiaguxu49d7zwkunvgx3 confidentiality a strict confidentiality clause is in place to protect the confidentilaity of the information shared with the freelancer non solicitation a non solicitation is in place to ensure that the freelancer is forbidden to interfere with the company's employees, customers, or suppliers for the term of the freelancer agreement and an additional 6 months period independence it is clearly stated that the freelancer is acting independently and is solely responsible for registering and paying any applicable taxes or social security how do i get this done? see our flat fee product here book a free call here