Terms & Conditions

RECITALS

• Saraswati Online.Com is in the business of providing its clients with outplacement or outsourcing services, including the placement of remote contractors.
• The Client has asked, or is considering asking, Saraswati Online.Com to offer its services to The Client for the placement of contractors.
• Saraswati Online.Com will provide the Services to The Client on the terms and conditions of this Service Agreement.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Schedule 1 sets out the Definitions and Interpretation rules for this Service Agreement.

DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF THIS AGREEMENT

• The processes by which The Client may engage Saraswati Online.Com, make a Request for Services, select an appropriate Saraswati Online.Com Employee and perform other day-to-day activities pursuant to this Contract are set out within the terms and conditions on Saraswati Online.Com’s website, which by incorporation forms part of this Service Agreement.
• The Client acknowledges and agrees that by entering into this Agreement with Saraswati Online.Com, this Agreement does not create, establish or otherwise constitute an employment relationship or agreement with Saraswati Online.Com. The Client assumes all liability for the proper classification of the Saraswati Online.Com Employee as independent contractors based on any applicable local guidelines. This Agreement does not create a partnership or agency relationship between The Client and the Saraswati Online.Com Employee who does not have any authority to enter into written or oral (whether implied or express) contracts on behalf of The Client.

DURATION

• This Service Agreement will commence on the Commencement Date and will continue on a month to month term until terminated in accordance with clause 12.

NO Saraswati Online.Com LIABILITY

• Saraswati Online.Com is not liable for any loss, damage, costs or compensation (whether direct or indirect) which may be suffered by The Client, or for which The Client may become liable, arising from:
• The introduction by Saraswati Online.Com Employee s to The Client (or any delay in such introduction);
• The failure of any Saraswati Online.Com Employee to accept an offer of an Assignment; or
• The performance of any Saraswati Online.Com Employee who accepts an Assignment with The Client.

THE CLIENT’S INDEMNITY TO Saraswati Online.Com

The Client indemnifies Saraswati Online.Com in respect of losses, liabilities or claims arising from or related to:

• Any acts and omissions of any Saraswati Online.Com Employee when performing his or her obligations during an Assignment with The Client;
• Any injury suffered by (including death of) a Saraswati Online.Com Employee because of that Saraswati Online.Com Employee performing his or her obligations; and
• Any damage to property because of the performance of any obligations by a Saraswati Online.Com Employee.
• The Client indemnifies Saraswati Online.Com in respect of any claims by a Saraswati Online.Com Employee arising from the termination of the Saraswati Online.Com Employee Assignment by The Client and/or any breaches of laws applicable in any jurisdiction in which the Saraswati Online.Com Employee may operate or provides the Services.

RESTRICTION ON DIRECT HIRING OF Saraswati Online.Com SERVICE EMPLOYEES

• Upon termination of this Contract, The Client or a related body corporate cannot make an offer in respect of a contract, permanent employment, further projects or different assignments to a Saraswati Online.Com Employee who is performing an Assignment for The Client (or who has performed an Assignment for The Client during the previous twelve (12) months) until after 12 months following the termination of this Contract.
• The Client cannot directly offer contract, permanent employment, projects or assignments to a Saraswati Online.Com Employee ’s friends, family members, referrals and network to perform an Assignment for The Client without the involvement and approval of Saraswati Online.Com.
• Exchanging and asking for any information relating to the agreement such as contract payments and rate between Saraswati Online.Com and Saraswati Online.Com Employee is strictly prohibited under this agreement.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• All material prepared by the Saraswati Online.Com Employee during the term of this Contract arising out of or concerning the Services (“the Contracted Material”) shall be the sole property of The Client and the ownership of and any Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in any such work shall vest in The Client. All information relating to The Client’s customers, users, and in particular and without limitation, customers, user of Client’s site, and all rights associated with such information are the exclusive property of The Client.
• On termination of this Contract, the Saraswati Online.Com Employee will immediately deliver any material, software or hardware given by The Client to Saraswati Online.Com so that Saraswati Online.Com may return them to The Client subject to payment of freight changes by The Client.
• Saraswati Online.Com, the Saraswati Online.Com Employee and The Client acknowledge and agree that they cannot to use, re-use, distribute, publish, license, sub-license, reproduce, create derivative work, copy, supply or communicate any Intellectual Property Right which belongs to the other party except as required by law.

PRIVACY

The parties (including the Saraswati Online.Com Employee) agree that they will handle all Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Laws, and that they will use Personal information solely for the purpose of carrying out their respective obligations pursuant to this Contract.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Subject to Clause 10.2, the Parties may only disclose any Confidential Information where disclosure is required by law or by any notice, order or regulation of any regulatory authority (a ‘Disclosure Obligation’).

• When a Disclosure Obligation occurs:
• The Party that is subject to the Disclosure Obligation must inform the other party in writing of any disclosure required by a Disclosure Obligation before or, if this is not practical, as soon as the disclosure is made.
• The Party that is subject to the Disclosure Obligation must use reasonable endeavors to (and assist the other Party to) restrict distribution of the Confidential Information disclosed and otherwise take all reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information the subject of the Disclosure Obligation.
• The parties must consult with each other and endeavor to agree the content of any announcement the Party that is subject to the Disclosure Obligation is required to make (to the extent practical within the requirements of the Disclosure Obligation).
• The Party that is subject to the Disclosure Obligation must not, without the prior written consent of the other Party, take (or omit to take, or procure, suffer, or permit to be taken) any action as a result of which it may become subject to a legal obligation to disclose Confidential Information, except for actions which necessarily arise in connection with the this Agreement.

WARRANTIES

Each party represents and warrants to the other party that:

• There are no actions, claims, proceedings or investigations pending or threatened against it or by it of which it is aware, and which may have a material effect on the subject matter of this Contract.
• It has all licences, authorisations, consents, approvals and permits required by all applicable laws and regulations in order to perform its obligations under this Contract, and otherwise complies with all laws and regulations applicable to the performance of those obligations;
• It has provided, or will provide, its employees, contractors and subcontractors with appropriate training, information and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance with this Contract, the Saraswati Online.Com Privacy Policy and all relevant laws.

TERMINATION

• A party (“the first party”) may immediately (or with effect from any later date it may nominate) terminate this Contract by written notice to the other party if:
• The other party materially breaches this Contract or any other Contract between the parties and fails to remedy such breach within 5 Business Days of receipt of notice from the first party specifying the breach and requiring it to be remedied;
• A receiver, controller, liquidator, administrator or other like person is appointed for the whole or substantially the whole of the other party’s assets, undertaking or business;
• A mortgagee or chargee enforces a security held in respect of the whole or substantially the whole of the other party’s assets undertaking or business;
• A scheme of arrangement between the other party and its creditors is entered into; or
• The other party becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to pay its debts as and when they become due.

ACCEPTANCE

The Client accepts the scope, terms and conditions of this Contract and as set out within the terms and conditions on Saraswati Online.Com’s website at www.SaraswatiOnline.Com which by incorporation form part of this Contract by:

• The Client making a Request for Services; or
• The Client appointing Saraswati Online.Com to provide services to The Client; or
• The Client selecting a Saraswati Online.Com Employee ; or
• The Client making a payment of any amounts listed within Schedule 1, including but not limited to set up fees, monthly fees and/or any payment of Saraswati Online.Com invoices (whichever is the earliest); or
• A scheme of arrangement between the other party and its creditors is entered into; or
• The Client indicating its acceptance electronically or in any other format provided by Saraswati Online.Com.

DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY

• Saraswati Online.Com Employee acknowledge that during this Contract they may each have access to Confidential Information of The Client.
• Saraswati Online.Com and the Saraswati Online.Com Employee warrant and undertake not to disclose, use or otherwise deal with any Confidential Information regarding The Client except:
• For the purpose of providing the Services;
• When required to do so by law; or
• With the prior written consent of the Client.

Confidential Information shall include, but not be limited to, any information, which relates to the business, processes, operation, methodology, communications, information, techniques, services, pricing, strategies, programming or research or any information that Saraswati Online.Com or the Saraswati Online.Com Provider acquired during the term of this Contract.

On the termination of this Contract, or earlier if required to do so by either party, the Saraswati Online.Com Employee shall return to the Client any material containing Confidential Information then in his or her possession, or destroy or delete any copies of such material in his or her possession. Saraswati Online.Com Employee must carry out an immediate hand over of all existing tasks.