Independent Contractor Agreement — Technicians

OnSyra · Version 1.0 · DRAFT — requires counsel review

Counsel: read worker-classification-review.md before this document. Contract wording does not determine classification; conduct does. Ten specific product behaviours that cut against contractor status are catalogued there.

1. Your status

You are an independent contractor. You are not an employee, agent, partner or joint venturer of LCS or of any Client.

This means:

• You decide whether to accept any engagement. Declining is not a breach.
• You control how you perform the work, subject only to the scope and safety requirements the Client specifies.
• You set your service area and availability.
• You supply your own tools, vehicle, and any required insurance.
• You may work for anyone else, including competing platforms, at any time.
• You are responsible for your own taxes. Nothing is withheld.
• You are not entitled to employment benefits, overtime, unemployment insurance or workers' compensation from LCS.

If any of these ceases to be true in practice, tell us — the platform is meant to work this way and we want to know when it does not.

2. What you commit to

When you accept an engagement:

• Perform the agreed scope with reasonable skill and care
• Arrive within the agreed window, or tell the Client as early as you can if you cannot
• Hold and maintain any licences and certifications the work requires
• Follow the Client's site safety rules
• Capture the evidence the work order requires — photos, notes, signatures, time logs
• Keep the Client's site information, systems and data confidential
• Carry the insurance the engagement requires

3. Accuracy of your profile

Everything you state — identity, skills, certifications, licences, insurance, work history — must be true and current. Certifications are verified where we can; those we cannot verify are labelled self-reported. Misrepresenting a qualification is grounds for permanent removal, and may be a criminal offence.

Tell us within 10 days if a licence, certification or insurance policy lapses or is revoked.

4. Pay

You are paid the amount in the work contract, less the platform service fee, after the Client approves the work. Timing, rails and limits are in payment-terms.md.

Funds are held in escrow from award. If a Client fails to approve without raising a dispute within the review window, the work auto-approves and you are paid.

If a Client disputes, the disputed amount stays held until the dispute resolves under dispute-resolution-policy.md.

5. Expenses

Pre-approved expenses and parts are reimbursed through the platform. Get approval in writing on the work order before incurring them; unapproved expenses may be declined.

6. Insurance

You must hold, at your own cost:

• General liability — for contracts above $5,000 or where the Client requires it
• Workers' compensation — where your state requires it for your trade
• Vehicle insurance — where driving is part of the engagement

LCS does not insure you. LCS is not your insurer of last resort.

7. Safety

You may refuse or stop work you reasonably believe is unsafe, and you will not be penalised for it. Report the hazard through the work order's problem reporting. A refusal on genuine safety grounds does not count against your reliability scores.

8. Confidentiality

Client site information — access codes, floor plans, network details, systems, customer data — is confidential. Use it only for the engagement. Do not retain, copy or disclose it afterwards. This survives the end of this agreement.

9. Non-circumvention

For 12 months after an engagement, do not take substantially the same recurring work with that Client off-platform in order to avoid platform fees.

This does not prevent you working for that Client on genuinely different work, on work you had with them before the platform, or through any other channel you already had. It targets fee avoidance, not your freedom to trade.

Counsel note: enforceability of non-circumvention against independent contractors varies by state and interacts with the classification analysis. Overreach here strengthens an employment argument.

10. Background checks

Some engagements require a criminal background check, drug screening or a driving record check. We ask your consent each time and tell you what is being checked and by whom. You may refuse; the consequence is only that you cannot take those particular engagements.

Adverse results are handled under the Fair Credit Reporting Act where it applies: you get a copy of the report, a statement of rights, and an opportunity to dispute it before any final adverse decision.

11. Performance

Reliability, timeliness and satisfaction scores are calculated from platform activity and shown on your public profile. You can see your own at any time and can dispute a specific data point you believe is wrong.

12. Ending this agreement

Either side may end it at any time, with notice. Engagements already accepted must be completed or properly handed back. Payment for completed work survives.

13. Liability

You are responsible for damage or loss caused by your work. LCS's liability to you is limited as set out in the Terms of Service §10.

14. Whole agreement

This agreement, the Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy, the Payment Terms and the Acceptable Use Policy are the whole agreement between you and LCS.

Accepted electronically. The version accepted, the timestamp and the originating address are recorded and available to you on request.