Sub-Contractor T&C's

 

STATUS OF THIS AGREEMENT

This contract governs your engagement from time to time by Chef.Ease Ltd as a casual worker. This is not an employment contract and does not confer any employment rights on you (other than those to which workers are entitled). In particular, it does not create any obligation on you to perform work for Chef.Ease Ltd (even if offered) or to provide work to you and there will be no mutuality of obligation between the parties.

 

COMPANY'S DISCRETION AS TO WORK OFFERED

It is entirely at Chef.Ease Ltd discretion whether to offer you work and it is under no obligation to provide work to you at any time.

Chef.Ease Ltd reserves the right to give or not give work to any person at any time and is under no obligation to give any reasons for such decisions.

 

NO PRESUMPTION OF CONTINUITY

Each offer of work by Chef.Ease Ltd which you accept, shall be treated as an entirely separate and severable engagement (an assignment). The terms of this contract shall apply to each assignment, but there shall be no relationship between the parties after the end of one assignment and before the start of any subsequent assignment.

The fact that Chef.Ease Ltd has offered you work, or offers you work more than once, shall not confer any legal rights on you and, in particular, should not be regarded as establishing an entitlement to regular work or conferring continuity of employment.

 

ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORK

If Chef.Ease Ltd wants to offer you any work it will send you details of the booking including dates of work, hours of work, brief outline of duties, fees and any expenses via E-MAIL. You are under no obligation to accept any work offered by Chef.Ease Ltd at any time. However, if you accept an assignment, you must inform Chef.Ease Ltd immediately if you will be unable to complete it for any reason

On immediate receipt of our Details of Booking confirmation via e-mail you will confirm with Chef.Ease Ltd that you have received read and fully understood the contents

If you have any issues with the content of the above, these will be taken up immediately or definitely prior to the commencement of assignment.

Chef.Ease Ltd reserves the right to terminate an assignment at any time for operational reasons. You will be paid for all work done during the assignment up to the time it is terminated.

 

WORK

Before offering you an assignment Chef.Ease Ltd will require certain documents from you to satisfy that you are legally entitled to work in the UK.

You confirm that you are legally entitled to work in the UK without any additional immigration approvals and agree to notify Chef.Ease Ltd immediately if you cease to be so entitled at any time.

 

PLACE OF WORK

Chef.Ease Ltd may offer you work at various locations. You will be informed of the relevant place of work for each assignment on the offer of work e-mail.

 

HOURS OF WORK

Your work hours will vary depending on the client's operational requirements. You will be informed of the required hours for each assignment on the offer of work e-mail and again on our confirmed booking details e-mail.

 

PAY

You will only be paid for the hours you work on receipt of a timesheet duly signed by the client to confirm hours... Chef.Ease Ltd will make all necessary deductions from your salary as required by law and shall be entitled to deduct any money you may owe to Chef from your pay or other payments due to Chef.Ease Ltd at any time.

 

All bookings undertaken will be paid on receipt of an invoice stating clearly the hours worked, your agreed hourly rate, and the total balance. paid by 7 working days to an account of your choosing, as stated on the invoice you provide.

 

If any client, you have worked for goes into liquidation prior to payment being made to Chef.Ease Ltd then Chef.Ease Ltd is not liable for any monies owed.

In the event of cancellation by our client, Chef.Ease Ltd will be under no financial liability to reimburse any expenses that may have been incurred up to the point of cancellation

If client asks you to leave the assignment based on unsatisfactory performance or behaviour, any payment will be at the discretion of agency after discussion with Client.

 

SICKNESS

If you or the Client decides you need to leave the assignment due to illness any payment will be at the discretion of Chef.Ease Ltd after discussion with the Client.

You will not be entitled to receive any pay in respect of any period of sickness or injury during an assignment.

 

 DATA PROTECTION

You consent to us holding and processing, both electronically and manually, the data that we collect about you, in the course of your working relationship with us, for the purposes of the administration and management of our staff and our business and for compliance with applicable laws, procedures and regulations.

 

COMPANY RULES AND PROCEDURES

During each assignment you are required at all times to comply with the relevant Company rules, policies and procedures in force from time to time.

Under NO circumstances should you initiate contracts, negotiate fees or undertake further work of any nature direct with any of Chef.Ease Ltd clients.

Confidential information

You shall not use or disclose to any person, either during or at any time after your engagement by Chef.Ease Ltd any confidential information about the business or affairs of Chef.Ease Ltd or any of its business contacts, or about any other matters which may come to your knowledge as a result of carrying out assignments. For the purposes of this clause, confidential information means any information or matter which is not in the public domain, and which relates to the affairs of Chef.Ease Ltd or any of its business contacts

The restriction in this clause does not apply to:

(a) Prevent you from making a protected disclosure within the meaning of section 43A of the Employment Rights Act 1996; or

(b) Use or disclosure that has been authorised by Chef.Ease Ltd or is required by law or in the course of your duties.

 

COMPANY PROPERTY

All documents, manuals, hardware and software provided for your use by Chef.Ease Ltd, and any data or documents (including copies) produced, maintained or stored on Chef.Ease Ltd. computer systems or other electronic equipment (including mobile phones), remain the property of Chef.Ease Ltd.

Any Company property ie uniforms/scarves in your possession obtained by you in the course of your work for Chef.Ease Ltd shall be returned to Chef.Ease Ltd at any time on request and in any event at the end of each assignment.

 

TERMINATION

If you no longer wish to be considered for casual work by Chef.Ease Ltd you should inform the agency as soon as possible.

Chef.Ease Ltd may remove your name from its staff bank for any unprofessional conduct or if you cancel an assignment on three consecutive occasions for reasons other than your own genuine illness or serious family illness or bereavement. In the latter instances Chef.Ease Ltd will assess the situation after a verbal conversation between both parties.

Chef.Ease Ltd may terminate this contract immediately by giving notice in writing to you if it reasonably considers that you have committed any serious breach of its terms or committed any act of gross misconduct. Non-exhaustive examples of gross misconduct include dishonesty, theft, fighting, misuse of drugs or alcohol or any other acts or omissions which might bring Chef.Ease Ltd into disrepute.

 

CHANGING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Chef.Ease Ltd may review its requirement for casual workers from time to time and/or may update the terms on which it offers such work. In the event of any changes to the terms on which it is prepared to engage casual workers Chef.Ease Ltd may terminate this contract with immediate effect by giving notice in writing to you and you may, at Chef.Ease Ltd's absolute discretion, be offered a new contract for casual work.

 

GOVERNING LAW

This contract will be governed by English law.