KPHR Terms & Conditions
DEFINITIONS
1.1. In these Terms of Business the following definitions apply: “Agency” means KPHR Solutions Limited of 1 The Dell, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE17 5BL (registered company no 09767876) E-mail address: contact@kphr.co.uk
“Cancellation Fee” means the fee payable by the Client to the Agency when the Client withdraws an offer of Engagement made to the Candidate before the Candidate has commenced the engagement and which is calculated in accordance with clause 3.10;
“Candidate” means the person introduced by the Agency to the Client for an Engagement including any officer or employee or other representative of the Candidate if the Candidate is a corporate body, and members of the Agency’s own staff;
“Client” means the person; firm or corporate body together with any subsidiary or associated Company as defined by the Companies Act 1985 to which the Applicant is introduced;
“Engagement” means the engagement, employment or use of the Candidate by the Client or any third party to whom the Candidate has been introduced by the Client, on a permanent or temporary basis, whether under a contract of service or for services; under an Agency, licence, franchise or partnership agreement; or any other engagement; or through a limited company of which the Candidate is an officer, employee or other representative; and “Engage”, “Engages” and “Engaged” shall be construed accordingly;
“Introduction” means (i) the passing to the Client of a curriculum vitae or information which identifies the Candidate or (ii) the Client’s interview of a Candidate (in person, by telephone or by any other means), following the Client’s instruction to the Agency to search for a Candidate; and, in either case, which leads to an Engagement of the Candidate; and “Introduces” and “Introduced” shall be construed accordingly;
“Introduction Fee” means the fee payable by the Client to the Agency for an Introduction resulting in an Engagement;
“Remuneration” includes gross base salary or fees, guaranteed and/or anticipated bonus and commission earnings, allowances, inducement payments, the benefit of a company car and all other payments and taxable (and, where applicable, non-taxable) emoluments payable to or receivable by the Candidate for services rendered to or on behalf of the Client or any third party. Where the Client provides a company car, a notional amount of £4,000 will be added to the salary in order to calculate the Agency’s fee;
“Replacement Candidate” means any Candidate Introduced by the Agency to the Client to fill the Engagement following the Introduction of another Candidate whose Engagement either did not commence or was terminated during the first 4 weeks of the Engagement;
“Vulnerable Person” means any person who by reason of age, infirmity, illness, disability or any other circumstances is in need of care or attention, and includes any person under the age of eighteen.
1.2. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the singular include the plural.
1.3. The headings contained in these Terms of Business are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation.
THE CONTRACT
2.1. These Terms constitute the contract between the Agency and the Client for the supply of permanent or contract staff (to be engaged directly by the Client) and are deemed to be accepted by the Client by virtue of an Introduction or the Engagement of a Candidate, or the passing of any information about the Applicant to any third party following an Introduction.
2.2. These terms contain the entire agreement between the parties and unless otherwise agreed in writing by a manager of the Agency, these Terms prevail over any other Terms of Business or purchase conditions (or similar) put forward by the Client.
2.3. No variation or alteration to these Terms shall be valid unless the details of such variation are agreed between the Agency and the Client and are set out in writing and a copy of the varied terms is given to the Client stating the date on or after which such varied terms shall apply.
2.4. The Agency acts as an employment Agency (as defined in Section 13(2) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973) when Introducing Candidates to the Client for direct Engagement by that Client.
NOTIFICATION AND FEES
3.1. The Client agrees to:
3.1.1 notify the Agency immediately of any offer of an Engagement which it makes to the Candidate.
3.1.2 notify the Agency immediately that its offer of an Engagement to the Candidate has been accepted and to provide details of the Remuneration agreed with the Candidate together with any documentary evidence as requested by the Agency; and
3.1.3 pay the Introduction Fee, to be calculated in accordance with the provisions of clause 3, by the due date for payment in clause 3.7.
3.2. The Introduction Fee calculated in accordance with clause 3.3 below is payable if the Client Engages the Candidate within the period of 6 calendar months from the date of the Introduction.
3.3. The Introduction Fee is calculated in accordance with the Fee Structure Scale detailed below based on the Remuneration applicable during the first 12 months of the Engagement.