Are you ready to outsource but don’t want to open yourself up to a ton of liability? Adding team members to your business is one of the best ways to scale (and prevent burnout)...but it can also be really risky without proper legal protection. What if your new team member(s) don’t complete the work you need? Or they share your company’s private information with competitors? Or you pay their fee only to hear radio silence?

In the whirlwind that is interviewing and hiring, the last thing you have time to do is draft up a legally legit contract that protects you and your new hire(s) from sticky situations. Enter the TLP Independent Contractor Agreement- outsource with confidence knowing that your business is protected!

This contract covers situations like

   - Who owns the copyrights to the work created,
   - How your company plans to pay the contractor and the contractor’s responsibility to send invoices,
   - No taxes being withheld and tax responsibility solely on the contractor,
   - Work is on a project by project basis — no guaranteed hours or projects,
   - Keeping all your company’s trade secrets, workflows, systems, and client information confidential,
   - Non-solicitation of your clients,
   - And so much more!

→ Click the “What's Included” tab to see the full list!

Best Suited For

This contract template was created for entrepreneurs who are hiring people as 1099 contractors (you usually pay a flat fee per week/month and do not pay any worker’s benefits). This contract template will work for any type of business and is drafted from the perspective of the company hiring the contractor. 

Note: This contract includes a general confidentiality clause. If you would like the contractor to sign a full-length Non-Disclosure Agreement in addition to this contract, you will need to purchase a separate NDA HERE.

If you are adding team members as Employees, check out our Employee Contract. 

Purchase of this contract also includes

   - All updates that TLP may potentially make in the future. We update this particular contract often due to changing circumstances in the wedding industry and photography world.
   - A ScreenFlow tutorial by Paige on how to use your contract template with our easy step-by-step process.

→ Click on “Template Features” to see all features included.

Additional Questions

Have additional questions about the Independent Contractor Agreement? Contact us HERE.