For Cleaning Businesses Using Self-Employed Contractors
Working with self-employed contractors can give a cleaning business flexibility, but it is important to be clear about the relationship from the start.
This editable Contract for Services template is designed for cleaning businesses engaging genuine self-employed contractors.
It helps set out the key terms of the working relationship in writing, including the services being provided, payment arrangements, responsibilities, confidentiality and the contractor’s independent status.
What this template helps you clarify
- the services the contractor will provide
- the fact that they are engaged as an independent contractor
- payment and expenses
- responsibilities of both parties
- confidentiality and client information
- expectations around business property and information
- what happens when the arrangement ends
Designed for cleaning businesses
This is not a generic corporate agreement.
It has been created with cleaning businesses in mind and gives you a practical starting point for putting clearer arrangements in place when using self-employed cleaners or other contractors.
The template is editable, so you can adapt it to suit your own business, services and working arrangements.
Why put it in writing?
A verbal arrangement can quickly become unclear.
A written agreement gives both sides a better understanding of:
- what has been agreed
- who is responsible for what
- how the contractor will be paid
- the boundaries of the relationship
- how confidential and client information should be handled
That can help reduce misunderstandings and make the arrangement feel more professional from the outset.
Important
A contract cannot, by itself, make someone self-employed.
Employment status depends on the reality of the working relationship, not simply the title of the agreement. This template should therefore only be used where the individual is genuinely operating as a self-employed contractor.
The document should be customised to reflect your own business and working arrangements, and professional advice should be taken where there is any uncertainty over employment status.
Professional. Practical. Ready to customise.
