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| | :When following the steps to claim a scripting task from the scripts list, contractors should set the due date in Step 4 to reflect completion of the script within a maximum of two days or less from the date the scripting task was claimed. After accessing the scripts list in Step 1, locating the desired task in Step 2, entering your name in the "Contractor" column in Step 3, and indicating the due date in Step 4, the claimed script development should then be finished within the due date indicated of less than two days or unless additional time was approved during claiming due to unusual circumstances. | | :When following the steps to claim a scripting task from the scripts list, contractors should set the due date in Step 4 to reflect completion of the script within a maximum of two days or less from the date the scripting task was claimed. After accessing the scripts list in Step 1, locating the desired task in Step 2, entering your name in the "Contractor" column in Step 3, and indicating the due date in Step 4, the claimed script development should then be finished within the due date indicated of less than two days or unless additional time was approved during claiming due to unusual circumstances. |
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| − | This [[Careerprise contractor agreement]] (hereinafter, the ''Agreement'') is made and entered into as of ____________________ ''[Month, Day]'', 2023 (hereinafter, the ''Effective Date'') between [[Virginia Institute of Technology]] (hereinafter, the ''Company''), a Virginia [[limited liability company]], and ____________________ ____________________ ''[[[Careerprise contractor]]'s name]'', a ____________________ ''[State and business type, if different from a self-employed]'' (hereinafter, the ''Contractor''; both collectively, the ''Parties''; separately, ''Party'').
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| − | The ''Parties'' therefore agree as follows:
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| − | *The ''Company'' may request the ''Contractor'' to perform scripting services (hereinafter, the ''Services'') for the ''Company'' and, if so, promises to compensate the ''Contractor''; and
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| − | *The ''Contractor'' shall either reject the ''Company''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s offers or perform the requested services; and
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| − | In their actions or lack of actions under that ''Agreement'', the ''Parties'' shall follow the conditions, procedures, and provisions as follows.
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| − | ==1. Term and Termination==
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| − | 1.1. This ''Agreement'' takes effect on the ''Effective Date'', and remains in full force and effect for one year (hereinafter, the ''Term''). If no one ''Party'' expresses its willingness to end this ''Agreement'' 30 days before the ''Agreement'' ends, the ''Agreement'' prolongs for one more ''Term'' without any limit on the number of the ''Terms'' unless earlier terminated under this section, "[[#1. Term and Termination|1. Term and Termination]]".
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| − | 1.2. Either ''Party'' may terminate this ''Agreement'' for any reason or no reason at all by providing the other ''Party'' written notice 14 calendar days in advance.
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| − | ==2. Contractor Services==
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| − | 2.1. During the ''Term'', the ''Company'' may engage the ''Contractor'' to provide the ''Company'' with the ''Services''.
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| − | 2.2. The ''Contractor'' shall provide the necessary equipment to perform the ''Services''; the ''Company'' cannot be responsible for that equipment. If the ''Contractor'' has obtained employees or agents (hereinafter, the ''Contractor Personnel''), the ''Contractor'' shall be solely responsible for all costs associated with the ''Contractor Personnel''.
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| − | 2.3. As a result of providing the ''Services'', the ''Contractor'' or ''Contractor Personnel'' may create certain one or more work products (hereinafter, the ''Work Product''). Regardless of other ''Work Products'', if any, are, the ''Services'' shall produce documentation including, but not limited to, description of the work done, [[source code]]s, etc.
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| − | 2.4. The ''Contractor'' shall notify the ''Company'' of any change(s) to the ''Contractor's'' schedule that could adversely affect the availability of the ''Contractor'', whether known or unknown at the time of this ''Agreement'', no later than 30 days prior to such change(s). If the ''Contractor'' becomes aware of such change(s) within the 30 days period, the ''Contractor'' shall promptly notify the ''Company'' of such change(s) within a reasonable amount of time.
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| − | 2.5. The ''Contractor'' shall issue invoices to the ''Company's'' accounts payable department within 30 days of completing the ''Services'', unless otherwise instructed by the ''Company'', and provide documentation as instructed by the ''Company's'' accounts payable department.
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| − | 2.6. The ''Company'' shall pay to the ''Contractor'' within 30 days of receiving the invoice from the ''Contractor''. The ''Company'' offers methods of the payments; they are listed in Appendix B to this agreement. The ''Contractor'' shall specify the method of the ''Company's'' payments. If the ''Contractor'' specifies the way, which is not listed in Appendix B as a default, and some expenses and third-party fees are associated with that payment way, the ''Contractor'' is responsible for those expenses and fees.
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| − | 2.7. Neither the ''Services'' nor ''Work Product'' shall include, rely on, and/or imply any proprietary licenses or commercial restrictions. If some software is needed to support the ''Services'' or be a part of the ''Work Product'', this software must be [[open-source]] only. If the intellectual property of that software is not in the public domain, the ''Contractor'' needs to seek the ''Company's'' approval on its use prior to the use.
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| − | 2.8. Neither the ''Services'' nor ''Work Product'' shall include, rely on, and/or imply any external resources such as libraries, fonts, icons, images, or other files outside of the ''Work Product''. The ''Work Product'' shall be fully functional while being operated offline.
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| − | ==3. Orders==
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| − | 3.1. To engage the ''Contractor'', the ''Company'' uses official work requests (hereinafter, the ''Orders''). The ''Contractor'' may accept, decline, or request to clarify the ''Orders''
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| − | 3.2. Any of the ''Orders'' shall contain one or more subject matters (hereinafter, the ''Subject Matter'') that the ''Company'' requests the ''Contractor'' to render. The ''Subject Matter'' can be either (a) a [[statement of work]] or another description of services or (b) request for time availability.
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| − | 3.3. In order to be the ''Order'', in addition to other requirements stated in Section [[#9. Communications|9. Communications]] of the ''Agreement'', any of the ''Order'' shall have the word, "Order" or "Orders", in the title.
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| − | 3.4. The ''Orders'' may or may not indicate special work compensation proposal, normally, money that the ''Company'' agrees to pay for the ''Services'' that the ''Company'' requests the ''Contractor'' to perform. The compensation model may be based on (a) specified rate, for instance, per hour of consultation, per translated word, or per processed image; in the case of specified rate, the ''Contractor's'' compensation depends on the amount of services rendered; (b) fixed-price project to produce the specified deliverable or deliverables; in the case of fixed-price project, the ''Contractor's'' compensation depends on the acceptance of the deliverables or another specified success of the project; or (c) combination of both, for instance, guaranteed specified rate and bonus in the case of project success.
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| − | 3.5. Unless the ''Company'' specifies the compensation in the ''Orders'', the work performed by the ''Contractor'' shall be compensated at the rate, stated in Appendix A to this ''Agreement''. In that case, the ''Order'' shall state the number of paid hours that the ''Company'' authorizes the ''Contractor'' to work. The ''Order'' that specifies neither the compensation nor the number of authorized hours is invalid.
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| − | 3.6. The ''Orders'' shall be treated as Appendixes to this ''Agreement''. To file them, they shall be indexed using the "S-[four-digit-year]-[two-digit-month]-[two-digit-day]" format. If more than one ''Order'' is sent in one day, the index shall also include the ordinal number; for example, "S-2023-07-12-2". No ambiguity in indexing may serve as an excuse for dismissal of any of the ''Orders''.
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| − | ==4. Independent Contractor Status==
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| − | 4.1. The ''Parties'' intend that the ''Contractor'' and any ''Contractor Personnel'' be engaged as independent contractors of the ''Company''. Nothing contained in this ''Agreement'' will be construed to create the relationship of employer and employee, principal and agent, partnership or joint venture, or any other fiduciary relationship.
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| − | 4.2. The ''Contractor'' may not act as agent for, or on behalf of, the ''Company'', or to represent the ''Company'', or bind the ''Company'' in any manner.
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| − | 4.3. The ''Contractor'' will not be entitled to worker's compensation, retirement, insurance or other benefits afforded to employees of the ''Company''.
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| − | 4.4. The ''Company'' shall not be responsible for federal, state and local taxes derived from the ''Contractor's'' net income or for the withholding and/or payment of any federal, state and local income and other payroll taxes, workers' compensation, disability benefits or other legal requirements applicable to the ''Contractor''.
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| − | 5.1. The ''Contractor'' transfers and assigns to the ''Company'' all rights, titles and interests throughout the world in and to any and all ''Work Product''. This transfer and assignment includes, but is not limited to, the right to publish, distribute, make derivative works of, edit, alter or otherwise use the ''Work Product'' in any way the ''Company'' sees fit.
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| − | 5.2. The ''Contractor'' cannot include any personal and/or contact information other than the ''Company's'' and/or authorized by the ''Company'' in any part of the ''Work Product'' and/or dispose while rending the ''Services''.
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| − | 5.3. The ''Company'' grants the ''Contractor'', a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, royalty free, worldwide license to display the ''Work Product'' on a platform personally controlled, in whole or in part, by the ''Contractor''. The ''Contractor'' shall notify the ''Company'' about the display or displays. The ''Company'' may revoke this license at any time by requesting some alternation or the removal of the ''Work Product'' displayed by the ''Contractor''. Upon such request, the ''Contractor'' shall alternate or remove the ''Work Product'' from the platform, and provide written notification of such alternation or removal.
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| − | 5.4. The ''Contractor'' grants the ''Company'', a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, royalty free, worldwide license to display the ''Contrator''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s information on a platform personally controlled, in whole or in part, by the ''Company''. The ''Company'' shall notify the ''Contractor'' about the display or displays. The ''Contractor'' may revoke this license at any time by requesting some alternation or the removal of the ''Contrator''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s information displayed by the ''Company''. Upon such request, the ''Company'' shall alternate or remove the ''Contrator''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s information from the platform, and provide written notification of such alternation or removal.
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| − | Both ''Parties'' represent that they are fully authorized and empowered to enter into this ''Agreement'', and that the performance of the obligations under this ''Agreement'' will not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third-party, or violate any agreement between the Parties and any other person, firm or organization or any law or governmental regulation.
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| − | The ''Contractor'' shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the ''Company'', its affiliates, and its respective officers, directors, agents and employees from any and all claims, demands, losses, causes of action, damage, lawsuits, judgments, including attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of, or relating to, the ''Contractor's'' representation and services under this ''Agreement''.
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| − | 8.1. Each ''Party'' (on its behalf and on behalf of its subcontractors, employees or representatives, or agents of any kind) agrees to hold and treat all confidential information of the other ''Party'', including, but not limited to, trade secrets, sales figures, employee and customer information and any other information that the receiving ''Party'' reasonably should know is confidential (hereinafter, the ''Confidential Information'') as confidential and protect the ''Confidential Information'' with the same degree of care as each ''Party'' uses to protect its own ''Confidential Information'' of like nature.
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| − | 8.2. The ''Confidential Information'' does not include any information that (i) at the time of the disclosure or thereafter is lawfully obtained from publicly available sources generally known by the public (other than as a result of a disclosure by the receiving ''Party'' or its representatives); (ii) is available to the receiving ''Party'' on a non-confidential basis from a source that is not and was not bound by a confidentiality agreement with respect to the ''Confidential Information''; or (iii) has been independently acquired or developed by the receiving ''Party'' without violating its obligations under this ''Agreement'' or under any federal or state law.
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| − | 8.3. The ''Contractor Personnel'' shall not access any ''Confidential Information'' without a separate [[non-disclosure agreement]] between the ''Company'' and an individual who is a part of the ''Contractor Personnel'' and who needs that access.
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| − | 9.1. All the communications between the ''Parties'' that are related to this ''Agreement'' most likely occur electronically.
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| − | 9.2. Email communication is the only official. The ''Parties<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' email addresses are stated in Appendix C to this ''Agreement''. To be relevant to this ''Agreement'', the emails must have words "Bskol", "Careerprise", and/or "iDosvid" and "Contract" in their titles. Then, they can be presented during possible litigation.
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| − | 9.3. Unless another arrangement is negotiated, the ''Contractor'' shall provide the ''Company'' with weekly reports on (i) what work has been done within the last week, (ii) what work is going to be done within the current week, and (iii) what problems, if any, the ''Contractor'' seeks to be solved on the ''Company's'' side.
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| − | 10.1. The ''Contractor'' does not provide any warranty that operation of any services hereunder will be uninterrupted or error-free.
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| − | 10.2. The ''Contractor'' warrants that all services are be performed in a professional manner in accordance with generally applicable industry standards and laws. That provision includes, but not limited to, the respect to third-party intellectual properties, open-source software licenses, etc.
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| − | 10.3. Between the ''Parties'', the ''Contractor's'' sole liability (and the ''Company's'' exclusive remedy) for any breach of this warranty shall be for the ''Contractor'' to re-perform any deficient services, or, if the ''Contractor'' is unable to remedy such deficiency within thirty (30) days, to void the invoice for the deficient services. The ''Contractor'' shall have no obligation with respect to a warranty claim if the claim is the result of third-party hardware or software malfunctioning, the actions of the ''Company'' or some other party or is otherwise caused by factors outside the reasonable control of the ''Contractor''.
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| − | 11.1. This ''Agreement'', and any accompanying appendices, duplicates, or copies, constitutes the entire agreement between the ''Parties'' with respect to the subject matter of this ''Agreement'', and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements, representations, and understandings of any kind, whether written or oral, between the ''Parties'', preceding the date of this ''Agreement''.
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| − | 11.2. This ''Agreement'' may be amended only by written agreement duly executed by an authorized representative of each ''Party''. To alternate any Appendix unilaterally, one ''Party'' shall notify another ''Party'' no fewer than 30 days before the change. The alternation of Appendices may not effect the work conditions for those ''Orders'' that have already been accepted.
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| − | 11.5. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege in respect of this ''Agreement'' will not be presumed to operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right, power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
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| − | 11.6. This ''Agreement'' is be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia without reference to any principles of conflicts of laws, which might cause the application of the laws of another state. Any action instituted by either party arising out of this ''Agreement'' will only be brought, tried and resolved in the applicable federal or state courts having jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each ''Party'' hereby consents to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts, state and federal, having jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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| − | The ''Parties'' are signing this ''Agreement'' electronically on the dates stated below.
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| − | [[Virginia Institute of Technology]]
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| − | *By: ____________________ ''[Signature]''
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| − | *Name, title: Gary Ihar, director
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| − | *Date: ____________________ ''[Month, Day]'', 2023
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| − | *By: ____________________ ''[Signature]''
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| − | *Name, title: ____________________ ____________________ ''[Contractor's name and, if the Contractor represents an organization, title]''
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| − | *Date: ____________________ ''[Month, Day]'', 2023
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| − | ===Appendix A===
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| − | :Unless the ''Orders'' specify another rate, the default rate for the ''Services'' is ____________________ ''[Number]'' US dollars per ten minutes of audio transcription.
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| − | ===Appendix B===
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| − | :The ''Contractor'' uses ____________________ (''by default, [[Payoneer]] or [[PayPal]]'') to bill the ''Company''.
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| − | :For the purposes of this ''Agreement'', the ''Company's'' email is ____________________ ____________________ ; the ''Contractor's'' email is ____________________ ____________________ .
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