TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
- Parties. These Terms and Conditions of Business are deemed to be basis of the agreement between Precruitment and the Client and specify the terms and conditions upon which Precruitment provides services to the Client until new Terms of Business are notified in writing. These terms and conditions of business become immediately effective upon the Client engaging the services of Precruitment.
- Acceptance of Terms of Business: Our introduction of a Candidate to the Client, the interviewing or the engagement of a Permanent Candidate or the hiring of a Temporary Candidate or the passing to any other person or organisation personal information pertaining to a Candidate introduced to the Client by Precruitment, will be taken as the Client’s acceptance of these Terms of Business.
PERMANENT PLACEMENTS
Basis of Fees
- Precruitment’s fees are for locating, testing, screening, assessing, interviewing and presenting candidates to the client leading to a permanent placement. Precruitment’s fees are detailed below and are calculated as a percentage of the annual salary package including, base salary, motor vehicles, superannuation, bonuses and commissions and all other benefits or allowances, which represent remuneration. For the purpose of calculating the salary package, motor vehicles will be valued at $12,500. Precruitment’s fees are only payable when a suitable candidate is introduced to and employed by the client.
Fee Schedule
- Precruitment’s fees:
Total Annual Salary Package |
Our Fee | GST | Fee including GST |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to $24,999 | 10% |
1.0% |
11.0% |
| $25000 to $34,999 | 12% |
1.2% |
13.2% |
| $35000 to $59,999 | 15% |
1.5% |
16.5% |
| $60,000 and over | 17% |
1.7% |
18.7% |
| Minimum fee for all placements | $1,250 |
10.0% |
$1,375 |
- The fees, as shown above, are negotiable on the basis of exclusivity, volume and preferred supplier agreements.
- Invoices submitted to the Client will be Tax Invoices and as such, will be inclusive of ten percent Goods and Services Tax.
Testing and Reference Checking
- Precruitment will, as far as it is practical to do so, carry out testing and reference checking and make every effort to ensure the suitability of the candidates presented to the Client.
- Although all care is taken in the testing and reference checking of candidates it is the responsibility of the Client to assess the suitability of the candidate(s) for the position. Precruitment cannot accept any responsibility for any claim, error, loss, expense damage or delay however occasioned by submitted or successful candidate(s).
Confidentiality
- The information Precruitment provides to the Client in connection with the submission of a candidate for a permanent position shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party without Precruitment’s written permission.
Subsequent Placement
- Placement of any candidate presented to the client by Precruitment, either verbally or by resume, within six months of the date of the introduction, within the client company or any related company or entity, is subject to the full fee as shown in Precruitment’s fee schedule.
Advertising
- Precruitment will seek the Client’s authorization for any advertising of the position to be filled. The cost of the advertising will be invoiced to the Client at cost, including GST, and is payable by the Client within fourteen days of the invoice date.
The Precruitment Guarantee
- Precruitment guarantees the employment of the successful candidate for a period of twelve weeks from the date of commencement of the employment. Should the candidate leave the employment within the first four weeks after the commencement date, and providing Precruitment has been given the opportunity of providing a replacement candidate, Precruitment will make a full refund of fees to the Client. Should the candidate leave the employment within the period from four to twelve weeks starting from the commencement date, and providing Precruitment has been given the opportunity of providing a replacement candidate, then the refund will be on a pro rata basis.
- The Precruitment Guarantee shall apply to every permanent placement provided that the Client meets the following conditions:
- The Client makes payment of the full fee for the permanent placement to Precruitment within 14 days of the date of invoice.
- The Client notifies Precruitment of their intention to call upon Precruitment’s guarantee before the expiry of the guarantee period.
- The cessation of employment during the Precruitment guarantee period is not due to the restructuring of the job description or redundancy or re-deployment caused by the Client.
- The Client agrees that Precruitment will be provided with the opportunity to submit to the client an alternate, suitable and mutually acceptable replacement candidate within a mutually agreed time of the notification that the employment of the original candidate is to cease. The original Precruitment fee will be adjusted if the replacement candidate is to be paid a higher or lower salary package.
Terms are strictly 14 days from the date of invoice. The Precruitment Guarantee is not valid if payment is not made within 14 days.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
- Parties. These Terms and Conditions of Business are deemed to be basis of the agreement between Precruitment and the Client and specify the terms and conditions upon which Precruitment provides services to the Client until new Terms of Business are notified in writing. These terms and conditions of business become immediately effective upon the Client engaging the services of Precruitment.
- Acceptance of Terms of Business: The engagement of a Temporary Staff introduced to the Client by Precruitment, will be taken as the Client’s acceptance of these Terms of Business.
TEMPORARY STAFF ASSIGNMENT
- Precruitment will locate, interview, select and, where possible, test and reference check candidates for assignment on a temporary basis to the Client.
- All Precruitment’s temporary employees are assigned under the care, control and supervision of the Client and the Client is responsible for all acts, errors and omissions of Precruitment employees be they wilful, negligent or otherwise for the duration of the assignment.
- Precruitment will remunerate the temporary employees assigned to the Client in accord with the relevant Award or Agreement. Remuneration to the temporary employee will be based on the employee working the hours shown on the Precruitment timesheet. The Client undertakes to have each time sheet authorised by an authorised person.
- Precruitment will invoice the Client weekly on the basis of an hourly rate which includes temporary wages and allowances for all related on costs, for example, WorkCover insurance, Medicare levy, payroll tax, superannuation, and training. Precruitment is responsible for PAYG tax and the issue of group certificates.
- Precruitment will invoice the Client in accordance with the relevant Award or Agreement for any overtime or shift work performed by the temporary employee.
- Precruitment will invoice the Client for temporary employees travelling during working hours on client authorised duties at the hourly rate plus a kilometre allowance designated by the appropriate Award or Agreement.
- Precruitment, in accordance with the relevant Award or Agreement will invoice to the Client bonuses, meal, vehicle or other allowances, which are properly due to the employee.
- Precruitment will pay the temporary employee(s) and invoice the Client for any appearance money required to be paid by the relevant Award or Agreement should the assignment be postponed or cancelled. The Client will provide Precruitment with not less than eight hours notice of any such postponement or cancellation.
- Invoices submitted to the Client will be Tax Invoices and as such, will be inclusive of ten percent Goods and Services Tax.
- The rates and conditions quoted by Precruitment are subject to change without notice when affected by a variation to the Award or Agreement conditions or statutory on costs and will be adjusted from the date designated as the implementation date of such variations.
- The client is required to provide a safe working environment for all temporary staff provided by Precruitment.
- A full day guarantee is provided on any Precruitment Temp who has performed unsatisfactorily, on the condition that Precruitment has the exclusive right to provide a replacement.
- The client agrees not to by-pass Precruitment and contact a Precruitment Temp directly following the completion of an assignment with the Client.
- If the Client or any Client related entity or company employ a temporary employee assigned by Precruitment within six months of the date of completion of the last assignment of the temporary employee(s), then in that event Precruitment will invoice the Client on the basis of a permanent placement fee. See Terms and Conditions of Business for Permanent Placements.
- A discount will apply to the permanent placement fee according to the following schedule. No guarantee applies to such placements.
| Within 4 weeks | Full fee |
| 4 to 12 weeks | 12.5% discount |
| 13 to 25 weeks | 25% discount |
| 26 to 52 weeks | 50% discount |
| In excess of 52 weeks | No Charge |
- Strictly full payment within 7 days of date of invoice. This payment term is essential to reimburse payment of temporary wages and all statutory on-costs paid by Precruitment on the Client’s behalf.
Terms are strictly 7 days from the date of invoice.
