Nothing contained within this document is intended to establish an Employer/Employee relationship between Retail Maxim and the Assignee / Sub-Contractor for whom these T & C’s are provided.

It is clearly understood that the Assignee / Sub-Contractor is responsible for the payment of her/his own Income tax and National Insurance Contributions.

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Initial contact will be by e-mail, text or telephone. You will be offered an assignment, which you may or may not accept. Details of location, timing, fees and structure of expenses will always be indicated prior to accepting the assignment
Following satisfactory completion of the work, payment will be made within 30 days

2. For some assignments, the assignee is required to purchase goods. For minor purchases, the re-imbursement will be included in the fee OR, the actual amount spent will be requested when the report is submitted.

3 While all assignment documentation will be provided by e-mail, you agree to provide your own paper, printing, e-mail facilities and transport.

4. You agree to correct, at your own expense, any assignment which is not satisfactory.

GENERAL

5. You will be personally liable for your own Tax Deductions and all National Insurance contributions. Retail Maxim may, on request, disclose any payments made to you to the appropriate authorities.

6. This is not a Contract of Employment, and therefore the Assignee / Sub-Contractor will not be entitled to any holiday or sickness entitlement from Retail Maxim.

7. You are not an employee of Retail Maxim and beyond the terms of this Agreement there is no obligation on the Company to offer you work or for you to accept any offer of work from the Company. You are not governed by the Company’s disciplinary or grievance procedures.

8. Retail Maxim accepts no responsibility for personal injuries, accidents, damage to vehicles or for motoring offences and penalties incurred while carrying out assignments.

9. You agree to take all reasonable steps to safeguard your own health and safety and that of any person who may be affected by your actions whilst providing the services covered by the assignment. You must remain aware of Health and Safety rules applicable on the various locations you may work on our behalf

10. Hours worked should be such that will enable you to provide the services to the satisfaction of Retail Maxim. This will not preclude you, however, from providing services to any other organisation.

11. Retail Maxim reserves the right to terminate the agreement if it is deemed that you have failed to perform the agreed assignment to an acceptable standard, or your behaviour is in any other way unacceptable.

12. During the course of your assignments you may come across, or have access to information which is confidential to our business. This must not be disclosed to any person, body or organisation.

13 Retail Maxim will not tolerate any form of discrimination by its Assignees / Sub-Contractors and this relates to race, sex, disability etc. Any such discrimination by an Assignee / Sub-Contractor will render the assignment subject to withdrawal.

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