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Terms and Conditions of Listing for House Sitting positions

1. General Terms

Sitters4U shall keep all details of the Candidates strictly confidential.
Sitters4U is under no obligation to register or list a Candidate.
Sitters4U reserves the right to remove a Candidate from listing at any point in time.
Sitters4U does not guarantee placement.
Sitters4U has no direct employment relationship with the Candidate.

The Candidate shall uphold the reputation, Mission and Vision of the Sitters4U at all times.
The Candidate shall provide accurate and complete information, to the best of the Candidates knowledge, in any and all application forms.
The Candidate accepts that any information provided by the applicant may be investigated by the agency and by any possible Clients.
The Candidate shall, under no circumstances, be under the influence of drugs or alcohol while working for any client of Sitters4U.
The Candidate shall declare all income to the appropriate Authorities and is responsible for payment of any and all taxes due by the Candidate to such authorities, which will be paid either directly to the Candidate by the Clients the Candidate is placed with for employment by Sitters4U or any amounts paid by a Client to Sitters4U to be paid to the Candidate for any period of employment with a Client.

The Candidate undertakes to treat all information supplied by Sitters4U about or by a Client as strictly confidential and not to pass such information on to any third party, unless strictly required in order for the Candidate to carry out the Candidates obligations to the Client.
The Candidate understands that should a Client that they have met through Sitters4U or who has been referred to them through other Clients they have dealt with through Sitters4U contacts the Candidate, the Candidate must always first contact Sitters4U before speaking to the Client and must tell the Client to contact Sitters4U directly in order to request their services or to report the booking themselves to Sitters4U.
Should a Candidate introduced to the Client by Sitters4U enter into any other employment arrangement through the Client, directly or indirectly, such an arrangement must be reported by the Candidate to Sitters4U. Failure to do so will lead to immediate dismissal from listing and may lead to legal action due to loss of income from the Client.

In selecting Candidates , Sitters4U has relied on the information supplied by the Candidate and the information obtained from references supplied by the Candidates.
Sitters4U has relied on such information in good faith and has passed on such information to the Client in good faith.
Sitters4U shall bear no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage suffered by the Candidates, directly or indirectly, arising from the Candidates employment with the client.
In the event that the Candidate suffers any loss, injury or damage arising out of her employment with the client, the candidate hereby indemnifies Sitters4U in respect of any claims made against Sitters4U as a result of such loss, injury or damage by the Candidate or by any other person.

The Agency does not accept any responsibility and/or liability in terms of any information or misrepresentation concerning the Client, nor shall it be liable for any loss or damage incurred or suffered by the Candidate, resulting from any act or omission of a Client or Candidate, whether accidental, intentional or through negligence.

You will be notified of new positions via sms.
If you are not interested in a position, please do not reply.
You will receive information with regards to general area of the position, the date range and rate as well as the time frame required ( daily visit, overnight or fullday/night), as well as a key word which is relevant to only that job.
Please reply with only this keyword to the number from which you received the notification if you are interested and available for the position.
Please do not respond to a position if you are unsure of your availability or interest in the position. Please rather call 0878085357 to determine that you would like to respond or not.
You will then receive a phone call for review of the position. If you are happy with the review and fit the requirements of the position we will then either set up an interview for you immediately or we will forward your profile to the client for review. This process varies from client to client.

If you accept an interview with a client it is your responsibility to check that you have received all the information you are required to know about the family and the position you are being interviewed for in order to be present and on time for the interview you have been booked for. This information will be sent to the email address you have provided.
If you do not receive this information immediately email: sitters@sitters4u.co.za or call 0878085357 and please check your junk mail as well.
Always review a clients full job specifications before attending an interview.

The rates for house sitting vary from job to job and generally range from R 120 and upwards .
The client will pay the amount Sitters4U charges the client and the monies due to you will be deposited into your account directly.
For positions where you are required to work for less than 1 month, payment will be processed to your provided account details on the Friday following the week in which the position was concluded .
In the case of short term positions which continue for longer than 1 calendar month payment will be processed on the last working Friday following your first completed month of service.

This document contains the whole agreement between the parties.
No variation, amendment, deletion or addition to these terms and conditions shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the parties.
Neither party shall be bound by any express or implied term, representation, warrant, promise or the like not recorded in this contract.
No indulgence granted by Sitters4U to the sitter/ au pair shall be deemed to be a waiver of any of rights of Sitters4U.

All information you have submitted is true.
You declare that you have read and have accepted all of the terms and conditions.