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Querist : Anonymous

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11 October 2010 Sir / Madam,
I like to know the difference between the following commercial terms:
'CONTRACT FOR SERVICE' & 'SERVICE CONTRACT'.
Kindly suggest.

Yours truly,
Amit

Ajay Mishra

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11 October 2010 Employer-employee contract of service
Permanent employees have a contract of service with their employer. By definition, if a worker has a contract of service with an organisation, they are an employee.
The key rights and responsibilities of employee status under a contract of service are:
• The worker is controlled by their employer – they must perform the tasks they are instructed to by a line manager according to their job description
• The worker is expected to work at a specific place during specific hours on specific days (even flexi-time has core hours)
• The worker must present themselves for work and cannot send someone else as a substitute
• Employees have statutory rights to holiday pay, sick pay, maternity and paternity rights and redundancy payments
• Employees have statutory rights regarding how they can be asked to leave their employment
• Employees enjoy a range of additional benefits, which can vary according to the employer, but might include company cars, private health insurance, staff canteens, health clubs and gyms and so on
• Employees are not personally liable for any errors they make when completing work for their employer, nor are they expected to make good in their own time.
There is also a relationship between an employee and employer called ‘mutuality of obligation’, often referred to in shorthand as ‘MOO’. Mutuality of obligation is one of the key tests of employment status and whether a contract is inside or outside of IR35.
Mutuality of obligation means that an employer is obliged to provide work for an employee, and the employee is obliged to complete the work. Within the scope of their job description, employees have to complete the work that ‘comes down the pipe’, which is one of their fundamental distinctions from a contractor.
If the employee fails to fulfil their obligations, the employer can take action that may ultimately result in the employee’s dismissal. Similarly, if the employer does not fulfil their obligation to the employee, the employee can take action that might result in an industrial tribunal.
Contractor-client contract for services
Contractors have a contract for services with their client or agency. Or to be more precise, the contractor’s limited company or umbrella company has a contract of service with the client or agency.
A contract for services is a strictly business to business contract between two firms on a buyer and supplier basis. The client, or agency, is a buyer and the contractor’s limited company or umbrella company is the supplier. There is no question of any employment relationship.
Contractor’s companies that enter into a contract for services with another organisation (including public sector organisations or not-for-profit companies) have clear rights and obligations.
The key rights, obligations and responsibilities that a contractor’s limited company or umbrella company have under a contract for services include:
• A requirement to supply services to the client according to the contract schedule’s specification
• A requirement to complete the project, and any milestones, according to the contract schedule
• A requirement to provide services to the standard required by the client as agreed in the contract
• An obligation to make right any errors or defective work, without additional remuneration
• Liability for any errors or defects in work completed for clients, and this may expand to personal liability (assuming the contractor is a director) for worst-case scenarios, such as corporate manslaughter
• The right to be paid the rate agreed in the contract, assuming the services have been provided according to the contract’s requirements
• The right to be paid according to the terms agreed, such as within 7 days, or 30 days depending on the terms agreed in the contract
• The right to provide a substitute to complete the work specified in the contract
• Often the contractor is required to abide by any health and safety and security arrangements when working on the client’s site
• The client is obliged to provide a safe working environment for the contractor.
As directors of their own limited companies, contractors also have a range of duties, responsibilities and potential liabilities under company law, which employees do not have.
If either party fails to fulfil their obligations under the terms of the contract, they are in breach of contract and can take legal action to remedy the situation.
In effect, the relationship between a contractor’s limited company or umbrella company and the client or agency is no different from a major international corporation’s relationship with its suppliers.

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