working with freelancers advance
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Working with Freelancers
Avoid expensive mistakes by following
my simple advice
1. What is a freelancer?
2. How to ensure that your freelancer is not actually an employee
3. The wording you need to include in your contract to cover yourself in case the freelancer is deemed to be an employee
4. Case study number 1 and why you need to include an Intellectual Property assignment
5. Case study number 2 and why you need to include a non-solicitation clause
6. Case study number 3 and why you need to protect your confidential information and know-how
7. Other key protections
8. Free checklists and wording
We will be covering:
Problem
• Lack of knowledge about issues that might arise
• Not knowing what to include in a contract
• Reluctance to take on “traditional” lawyer
Effect
• Might be an employee – additional cost and liability
• Risk losing key clients, paying £000s and going bust
• Stress and anxiety, emotional and physical strain
Solution
• Be aware of the issues• Use your Freelance Status Checklist• Use the right legal wording in your
contract
Interesting facts about me:
Lead on ITV’s
BILLION pound
deal for digital
switchover
Internet Marketing Devotee
Ex Board Director
of a £100m+ Internatio
nal Property Business
Happily Married
& 2 x Perfect Littluns
aged 2.5 & 0.5
Solicitor of the Year
Runner Up Twice…
Employee
Worker
Contractor (freelancer, consultant, associate)
CONTROL
Work set amount of
hours?Have to do work
themselves?
Can you move them
from task to task?Paid by
hour, week or month?
Can they get
overtime or bonus?
Tel them where to work and how to do
it
Employment indicators
CONTROL
Hire someone else to do
workRisk their
own money?
Provide own
equipment?
Paid fixed price?
Decide where, when
&how to work
Regularly work for different people?
Freelance indicators
Wording to include in your contract:
Case Study
1
…………….
………….
……………..
What
she
didn’t
have
1 ....………………….
2 …………………….
3 …………………….
I own the
content
I own the IP,
that will be
another £5,000 to use
the content
Possible court case…
Wording to include in your contract:
Case Study
2
…………….
……………
……………..
Wording to include in your contract:
Case Study
3
…………….
……………
……………..
Wording to include in your contract:
Lose all clients
Potential unfair
dismissal claims
Issues with trademarking and selling business
Wasted time,
stress, impact on
health
Wasted money
Other things to consider:
1 …………………
2 …………………
3 …………………
SOLUTIONS
Check not employee
Use Freelance
Status Checklist
Restructure where
necessary
Be alert to the issues
Use Freelance Checklist
Carry out recommended actions
Put legal protections
in place
Include necessary wording in contract
See wording in this
webinar
1. Go through the Freelance Status Checklist to ensure that your freelancer is not an employee
2. Go through the Freelance Checklist to remind yourself of the risks and how to deal with them
3. If you don’t already have an adequate contract in place, draft one including the necessary wording
Action Plan:
• Stress free recruitment of your ideal employee
• Franchising, the final frontier…. Is it for you?
• How to prepare your business for outside investment
• The legalities of running an e-commerce store
• How to buy or sell a business with confidence
Forthcoming Webinars:
Any questions?
Thank You!