Self-Employment Contract Templates
Self-employment is a broad term referring to anyone who works for themselves and is not an employee on someone else’s payroll. When striking out independently in the UK, individuals often apply a variety of terms in relation to self-employment. The terms sole trader, self-employed, freelancer, subcontractor and personal service company (PSC) and IR35 often arise in this context. While these terms are inter-related there are essentially 2 different models for self-employment which have distinct legal meanings and practical implications - Sole Trader and Personal Service Company. To help navigate through the differences please download: Guidance Note on Employment, Self-Employment and IR35 and Employment, Self-Employment and IR35 Checklists.
Which is the most suitable self-employed agreement?
The selection of Self-Employment Contract Templates below provides for both the sole trader (where the term Self-employed is substituted for Sole Trader) and PSC models. Each selection of templates provides for different types of business operations and for the requisite distinctions between these models such as the contracting entity, employment status, substitution, tax and liability, control and supervision, payment terms, termination and liability and insurance requirements. Each template has a full description with the portfolio divided into three parts to ease identification of suitability.
The Self-Employed Agreements selection of templates provides for individuals and freelancers operating as sole traders across a range of trades and professions who engage and contract direct with their clients. In addition to a standard self-employed contractor agreement which can be used for a variety of roles, versions are also available specifically for clerical and administrative staff, and sales. The portfolio also includes a number of chair rental agreements covering hairdressers, beauty therapists and nail technicians.
The Self-Employed Subcontractor Agreements is also for use by individuals and freelancers operating as sole traders but these templates are only where the individual is a subcontractor to a main client, i.e. the freelancer works for the contractor, not directly for the client. They can be used by a contractor when they engage someone as a self employed or by the subcontractor to safeguard their work on behalf of the contractor. The most frequent downloads are the Construction Subcontractor Agreement and IT Subcontractor Agreement. Generic versions are also available for fixed term, fixed fee and variable fee contracts.
The PSC Contractors Agreements can be used when individuals are working for clients through a company, i.e. they do not work as employed or self employed individuals for their clients. They instead work for an intermediary company (usually owned by them) and that company provides their services to their clients. These agreements can be used for a range of trades.
Please click on the links below to view and access the full range of self-employment templates:
Self-Employment Contract Templates is part of Employment. Just £38.50 + VAT provides unlimited downloads from Employment for 1 year.