Independent Contractor Agreement
Hire contractors for your business by configuring a company-favorable contractor agreement. Or if you are a contractor, create one favorable to yourself.
An envelope using this blueprint may be created via the API or it may be created directly on the web using a form that has a one-to-one correspondence with the API.
The API to use a blueprint is identical from blueprint to blueprint except for two things. First, each blueprint has a unique context
object that's passed in the API call. This is because the information needed to generate a Confidentiality Agreement is different than the information needed to generate an Independent Contractor Agreement, for example.
Second, a blueprint may sometimes call for you to pass in the parties
separately from the context
, but that depends on the shape of that blueprint's context
. This Independent Contractor Agreement blueprint does not require a parties
property.
Request Body
- Name
name
- Type
- string required
- Description
The name of the envelope. Limited to 254 characters that are alphanumeric, spaces, numbers, or symbols.
- Name
context
- Type
- object required
- Description
An object containing the specific information required to render the blueprint. The shape of this object depends on which blueprint is being used.
Since this is an official blueprint, the reference on the shape of their
context
is provided in this documentation.
- Name
webhook_url
- Type
- string
- Description
The URL where Magistrate will
POST
webhooks related to this envelope. If this is provided, the API will immediatelyPOST
a webhook of typewebhook_url_verification
to the endpoint, and if it does not return a2xx
response within a couple seconds, the whole API call fail with a400
response.
- Name
autosign
- Type
- boolean
- Description
If
autosign
istrue
, any signatures belonging to the creator of the envelope will be signed automatically. The creator will not receive an email soliciting their signature since they will have already signed.This is ignored if the
action
isdraft
. This is also ignored if the creator of the envelope is not also a signatory.
- Name
suppress_emails
- Type
- string
- Description
If provided, it must be the string
creator
. If this is provided, the creator of the envelope will not receive any emails related to the envelope.
- Name
action
- Type
- string required
- Description
One of the following strings:
send
ordraft
.send
will generate an envelope and send it for signature to all parties in one step.draft
will generate an envelope and save it as a draft. To make any edits or send it for signature, you must log into the web user interface.
Request
curl "https://api.getmagistrate.com/v1/envelopes/blueprint/official/independent-contractor-agreement/" \
-H "Authorization: Token d0b0b4628e184832b1b0bc1e93fbd487" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "Independent Contractor Agreement",
"context": {
"basic": {
"date": "2022-06-01",
"favor": "company",
"effective_date": "2022-07-01",
"governing_law": "CA"
},
"company": {
"name": "Magistrate Inc.",
"email": "harry@getmagistrate.com",
"is_entity": true,
"authorized_human": {
"name": "Harry Khanna",
"title": "Chief Executive Officer"
},
"address": {
"address": "641 S Street NW",
"address2": "Ste. 300",
"city": "Washington",
"state": "DC",
"zip": "20001",
"attn": "Harry Khanna, General Counsel"
},
"notice_email": "notices@getmagistrate.com"
},
"contractor": {
"name": "Lisa Vedernikova Khanna",
"is_entity": false,
"email": "lisa@getmagistrate.com",
"address": {
"address": "123 Bedford St.",
"city": "Brooklyn",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "11211"
}
},
"term": {
"type": "continuous"
},
"fee": {
"type": "hourly",
"amount": 200.5,
"minimum": {
"hours": 10,
"per": "month"
},
"maximum": {
"hours": 20,
"per": "month",
"for": "both"
}
},
"termination_for_convenience": {
"num_days": 30,
"type_days": "calendar"
},
"termination_for_breach": {
"num_days": 1,
"type_days": "calendar"
},
"other": {
"company_providing_equipment": false,
"company_pays_expenses": false
},
"services": [
"Communications strategy and planning",
"Fractional Chief Operating Officer duties",
"Recruiting and hiring strategy"
],
"nonsolicit": {
"months_after_term": 0
},
"litigation": {
"state": "CA",
"locality": "County of Santa Clara",
"arbitration": true,
"class_action_waiver": true
}
},
"webhook_url": "https://your-domain.example.com/webhooks/",
"action": "send"
}'
Context
context
specific to this blueprint. It is the object that you pass to the context property of the request body.- Name
basic
- Type
- object required
- Description
This is basic information about the agreement.
Basic Information Expand
- Name
company
- Type
- object required
- Description
Information about the company engaging the contractor
Company Expand
- Name
contractor
- Type
- object required
- Description
Information about the independent contractor
Contractor Expand
- Name
term
- Type
- object required
- Description
How long the contract will be in effect.
Contract Term Expand
- Name
termination_for_convenience
- Type
- object required sometimes
- Description
Can the contract be terminated by either party for any reason? This is required if the contract continues until terminated.
Required if
term.type
is equal tocontinuous
.Termination for Convenience Expand
- Name
termination_for_breach
- Type
- object required
- Description
A party can terminate this agreement if the other party breaches it, but they get a chance to 'cure' their breach first.
Termination for Breach Expand
- Name
fee
- Type
- object required
- Description
Fee structure for the contract
Fees Expand
- Name
services
- Type
- list of strings required
- Description
A list of the services the contractor is providing. At least one is required. If you're not sure yet, you can leave it broad like 'any service reasonably requested by the Company.'
- Name
other
- Type
- object required
- Description
This is other information about the agreement we need.
Other Information Expand
- Name
nonsolicit
- Type
- object
- Description
Do you want to prevent a party from soliciting the other party's employees to quit during the term of the agreement and a certain number of months thereafter. If you've chosen an agreement that favors the contractor, the non-solicit will be mutual. Otherwise it will only be in favor of the Company.
Non-Solicit Expand
- Name
litigation
- Type
- object required
- Description
Things that happen if there are disputes.
Litigation Expand
{
"basic": {
"date": "2022-06-01",
"favor": "company",
"effective_date": "2022-07-01",
"governing_law": "CA"
},
"company": {
"name": "Magistrate Inc.",
"email": "harry@getmagistrate.com",
"is_entity": true,
"authorized_human": {
"name": "Harry Khanna",
"title": "Chief Executive Officer"
},
"address": {
"address": "641 S Street NW",
"address2": "Ste. 300",
"city": "Washington",
"state": "DC",
"zip": "20001",
"attn": "Harry Khanna, General Counsel"
},
"notice_email": "notices@getmagistrate.com"
},
"contractor": {
"name": "Lisa Vedernikova Khanna",
"is_entity": false,
"email": "lisa@getmagistrate.com",
"address": {
"address": "123 Bedford St.",
"city": "Brooklyn",
"state": "NY",
"zip": "11211"
}
},
"term": {
"type": "continuous"
},
"fee": {
"type": "hourly",
"amount": 200.50,
"minimum": {
"hours": 10,
"per": "month"
},
"maximum": {
"hours": 20,
"per": "month",
"for": "both"
}
},
"termination_for_convenience": {
"num_days": 30,
"type_days": "calendar"
},
"termination_for_breach": {
"num_days": 1,
"type_days": "calendar"
},
"other": {
"company_providing_equipment": false,
"company_pays_expenses": false
},
"services": [
"Communications strategy and planning",
"Fractional Chief Operating Officer duties",
"Recruiting and hiring strategy"
],
"nonsolicit": {
"months_after_term": 0
},
"litigation": {
"state": "CA",
"locality": "County of Santa Clara",
"arbitration": true,
"class_action_waiver": true
}
}
Response
If the request is successful, the endpoint will return a status code of 201 Created
.
The response body will be the new envelope object.