2. 1. What is a freelancer?
2. How to ensure that your freelancer is not actually an employee
3. The wording you need to include in your contract to cover yourself in
case the freelancer is deemed to be an employee
4. Case study number 1 and why you need to include an Intellectual
Property assignment
5. Case study number 2 and why you need to include a non-solicitation
clause
6. Case study number 3 and why you need to protect your confidential
information and know-how
7. Other key protections
8. Free checklists and wording
We will be covering:
3. Problem
•Lack of knowledge about issues that might arise
•Not knowing what to include in a contract
•Reluctance to take on “traditional” lawyer
Effect
•Might be an employee – additional cost and liability
•Risk losing key clients, paying £000s and going bust
•Stress and anxiety, emotional and physical strain
Solution
•Be aware of the issues
•Use your Freelance Status Checklist
•Use the right legal wording in your contract
4. Interesting facts about me:
Lead on
ITV’s
BILLION
pound deal
for digital
switchover
Internet
Marketing
Devotee
Ex Board
Director of
a £100m+
Internation
al Property
Business
Happily
Married & 2
x Perfect
Littluns
aged 2.5 &
0.5
Solicitor of
the Year
Runner Up
Twice…
6. CONTROL
Work set
amount of
hours?
Have to do
work
themselves?
Can you
move them
from task to
task?
Paid by
hour, week
or month?
Can they
get
overtime or
bonus?
Tel them
where to
work and
how to do it
Employment indicators
7. CONTROL
Hire
someone
else to do
work
Risk their
own
money?
Provide
own
equipment?
Paid fixed
price?
Decide
where,
when &how
to work
Regularly
work for
different
people?
Freelance indicators
20. 1. Go through the Freelance Status
Checklist to ensure that your
freelancer is not an employee
2. Go through the Freelance Checklist
to remind yourself of the risks and
how to deal with them
3. If you don’t already have an
adequate contract in place, draft one
including the necessary wording
Action Plan:
21. • Stress free recruitment of your ideal employee
• Franchising, the final frontier…. Is it for you?
• How to prepare your business for outside investment
• The legalities of running an e-commerce store
• How to buy or sell a business with confidence
Forthcoming Webinars:
the difference between individual subscribers and corporate subscribers what email marketing you can legally send to corporate subscriberswhat email marketing you can legally send to individual subscriberswhat direct (postal) marketing you can legally send the sanctions for non-compliance with direct marketing rules and how likely you are to receive the maximum fine of £500,000whether you need to make a Data Protection notification (note - that if you don't notify you could be liable for a fine of £5,000) and how you actually notify how to use the right opt-in and opt-out forms to benefit your business while still complying with the regulations the importance of a Privacy Policy and a Cookie Policy
I worked with Richard Branson at Virgin for 6 months, went to his house a number of times, went on an intimate dinner of four and took him clubbing until the early hours…I helped Simon Woodroffe (the Yo Sushi founder) set up YotelI met Princess Diana when working at Mishcon de ReyaI lead the BILLION pound deal for ITV on digital switchoverI was a Board Director of a £100m+ international property business I am very happily married and have two perfect littluns age 2.5 and 0.5I am an internet marketing devoteeI will eat anything apart from Brussel SproutsI have been runner up in Solicitor of the Year twice…
