Premanent

Terms of Business

MEDIAMATCH CREATIVE RECRUITMENT ("the Agency")

Permanent Staff

  1. In consideration of you engaging an applicant or agreeing to make use of an applicant introduced by the Agency in the position offered or in any other position within a period of six months from the date of introduction you are deemed to have accepted these terms of business and to have agreed to pay our introduction fee as set out below. For the avoidance of doubt  "Introduced" shall mean the providing of an applicants name to you and introduction shall be construed accordingly.
  2. If you or a member of your staff refer an applicant Introduced by us to some other person or body and that person or body within six months of the introduction of the applicant to you engages that applicant in any capacity, you will be liable for our introduction fee, just as if you had engaged the applicant.
  3. The "Salary" will be deemed gross of any tax payable and to include all emoluments, benefits, guaranteed bonuses, commission earnings, inducement payments, the benefit of a company car and all other payments the applicant receives for providing services. If you provide the applicant with a company car the Salary will be deemed increased by £1000 for the purpose of calculating the fee as set out below.
  4. The fee payable to the Agency by you for the introduction of an applicant is calculated as a percentage of the applicants Salary subject to a minimum fee chargeable of £700. The percentage of the employee's Salary will be as follows:
    • 15% for salaries upto £12,999
    • 20% for salaries of £17,999 to £24,999 o 17.5% for salaries of £12,999 to £17,999
    • 25% for salaries of £24,999 and above
  5. The Agency operates a Replacement Guarantee. If the employment terminates within four weeks of you accepting the appointment, we will undertake to select and present replacement applicants for the same vacancy. Upon appointment of the replacement there will be no further charge. Where, for whatever reason, you are unable to benefit from our Replacement Guarantee, credit will be granted in accordance with our Refund Guarantee.
  6. If the employment terminates at any time within ten weeks of you accepting the appointment, the Agency will provide a refund in accordance with the following scale:

    Weeks 1 & 2 = 100% Weeks 3 & 4 = 80% Weeks 9 & 10 = 20%
    Weeks 5 & 6 = 60% Weeks 7 & 8 = 40%

This Refund Guarantee is valid only if all the following conditions have been met:

a) The invoice and any other outstanding invoices have been paid in full within 21 days of the relevant invoice date
b) The Agency are notified in writing of the termination within 5 days of such termination taking place
c) Termination is not caused by redundancy, unfair or wrongful dismissal