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Consulting and Retainer Agreement
Consultant or agency / Service business
You bill a monthly retainer and the work keeps growing while the fee stays flat
See what it covers
- The engagement, the term and how it renews
- Scope, deliverables and what sits outside them
- The retainer fee, hours included and the rate beyond them
- Approving extra work before it starts
- Expenses and what you can pass on
- Late payment interest and pausing work
- Confidentiality and conflicts of interest
- Who owns the advice, the reports and your own methods
- That you are an independent business, not an employee
- Ending or pausing the retainer, and how a dispute is handled
Not for: Paying someone to do work for you, that is the contractor agreement.
$89 AUDView document ↗Independent Contractor Agreement
First hire / Trades / Service business / Consultant or agency
You are paying your first helper and they invoice you with an ABN
See what it covers
- The work, the rate and how invoices are paid
- The contractor being an independent business, not staff
- Control over how the work is done, and the right to delegate
- Tools, equipment and who supplies what
- Insurance, work health and safety and site rules
- Superannuation and tax, including where super can still apply
- No leave, no notice of dismissal, no employee entitlements
- Confidentiality and not poaching your clients
- Who owns the work that is produced
- Fixing defects, ending the agreement and handling a dispute
Not for: Hiring an employee, that needs an employment contract under the Fair Work Act.
$89 AUDView document ↗Privacy Policy
Just starting / Service business / Online store / Consultant or agency / Hospitality and retail / Trades / First hire
You have a website, a booking form or a mailing list and no privacy policy
See what it covers
- What personal information you collect and why
- Sensitive information and consent
- Who you share information with, including your software providers
- Sending information overseas
- Cookies and website analytics
- How long you keep records and how you secure them
- How someone asks for access or a correction
- How a privacy complaint is handled, including the OAIC
- Who to contact about privacy
Not for: Your terms of sale, and it is not a data breach response plan.
$49 AUDView document ↗Quote Terms and Conditions
Trades / Service business / Hospitality and retail
You quote jobs by phone, text or a one page PDF with no terms on the back
See what it covers
- How long the quoted price stays open
- What is included and what is not
- Assumptions about site access and conditions
- How a variation is priced and approved before work starts
- Deposits and progress payments
- Payment terms and your rights under security of payment laws
- Late payment interest and recovery costs
- Cancellation, rescheduling and call out charges
- Consumer guarantees and your workmanship warranty
- Ending the job and sorting out a dispute
Not for: A residential building contract, those are regulated separately in each state.
$59 AUDView document ↗Service Agreement
Service business / Just starting / Consultant or agency
You are quoting a new client and want the terms agreed before you start
See what it covers
- What you will do and what you will not do
- Price, payment dates and late payment interest
- Deposits and what happens if the client cancels
- Approving extra work before you do it
- Who owns the work once it is paid for
- Confidential information on both sides
- Consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law
- Ending the agreement, with the same notice for both sides
- Sorting out a disagreement without going straight to court
Not for: Hiring someone to work for you, use the contractor agreement instead.
$79 AUDView document ↗Website Terms and Conditions of Sale
Online store / Just starting / Service business
You sell anything through a website, a Shopify store or a booking form
See what it covers
- Who the seller is and how a customer contacts you
- When an order becomes a contract
- Prices, GST and payment
- Delivery times, shipping areas and what happens if something is late
- Consumer guarantees that cannot be excluded
- Repairs, replacements, refunds and change of mind returns
- What customers may not do on your site
- Your limits of liability
- Closing an account and sorting out a dispute
Not for: Your privacy obligations, you need the privacy policy for that.
$69 AUDView document ↗
Templates and general information. Read the coverage and limitations to decide whether a document suits your situation.
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