• Employee Agreement: Sets out the terms and conditions upon which the owner of a business engages an employee to work in their business.
• Independent Contractor Agreement: Sets out the terms and conditions upon which the business owner (referred to as the “principal”) engages a service entity (the “contractor”) to provide services to the business.

Suitable for natural medicine practitioners and similar who are hiring staff either as employees or independent contractors.

Yes. If you are hiring staff, it is important you have agreements in place to outline the terms of engagement. It is important to know the difference between an employee and a contractor and that you choose the appropriate arrangement. See below for more information.

Independent contractors generally:

• work for themselves /are their own boss
• can accept or refuse work
• control their own working times
• provide their own equipment
• have no guarantee of future work
• are responsible for paying their own super and income tax

Employees generally:

• work in someone else’s business
• are subject to controls on how, where and when they do their work
• are paid a wage
• have the expectation of ongoing work
• receive employee entitlements, such as annual leave

Sham contracting arrangement is when an employer attempts to disguise an employment relationship as an independent contracting arrangement. This is usually done to avoid paying employee entitlements such as super and income tax. Even if the contractor says they prefer a contractor arrangement, if the actual engagement is more reflective of an employee relationship, or even if you make an innocent mistake, you can still be hit with a fine as well as a back-payment of wages and entitlements.

Yes, they are suitable for use in all states and territories in Australia.

The template adhere to Australian law and are therefore designed for those doing business in Australia. While similar principles may apply in your jurisdiction, please consult with a lawyer qualified in your jurisdiction. If you are in NZ, please browse our range of New Zealand templates and bundles.

Yes. They are all drafted by qualified Australian lawyers and are legally binding.

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All our templates come with instructions on how to complete them. You complete the highlighted text in the template in order to personalise to suit your business needs, then you save, delete any explanatory comments in the template, remove any remaining highlight and you are ready to use them. Feel free to add your branding and logo. We think your legals should fit seamlessly into your business branding.

Varies depending on the template. But the entire bundle should only take 25-35mins.

Once completed, you provide a copy to the employee or contractor you are hiring/engaging. Once in agreed form, both parties execute the agreement.

Legally Healthy templates are sold as standalone legal documents, not as part of a subscription. This means all purchases include the current version available at the time of sale, and we don’t offer automatic or ongoing updates.

Very occasionally, if a template is updated shortly after purchase, we may send the new version to that customer as a one-time courtesy — but this is not part of an official upgrade policy.

If you’d like access to a newer version of a template you previously purchased, you’re welcome to buy the updated version via the website.

We recommend you visit the Fair Work Ombudsman website to read more. If you’re an employer, visit the ATO’s website to learn the tax and super obligations for both employees and contractors and read more about the differences between them. Even if you hire someone as a contractor, you may still need to pay them superannuation if you are paying them for their labour. If you’re unsure, seek legal advice by lodging a request for legal services via our website or talking to your lawyer of choice.

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