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Client Terms of Service

By pressing *Try / Hire / Interview on any talent (“TALENT”) at any point in time in the existence of the LD Talent platform, I (“CLIENT”) accept the LD Talent™ (also known as “Learning Dollars Talent”, “Learning Dollars”, and “Learning Dollars Inc." incorporated and registered in Delaware, United States of America) Terms of Service including the following:

CLIENT will be introduced to TALENT in a project channel, designated by [client project id #]-[client project name] inside the LD Talent™ Slack organization.
1. CLIENT will communicate with TALENT only in the project Slack channel provided by LD Talent and no other channel, direct message, or communication method external to the LD Talent Slack organization.
CLIENT will be introduced to TALENT in an interview channel, designated by [ldi]-[concatenation of substrings of client and talent names] inside the LD Talent™ Slack organization.
1. CLIENT will communicate with TALENT only in the interview Slack channel (prior to pressing Hire) or the project Slack channel (after pressing Hire) provided by LD Talent, and no other channel, direct message, or communication method external to the LD Talent Slack organization.
2. LD Talent does not monitor communication between CLIENT and TALENT outside the project channels of the LD Talent Slack organization.
3. LD Talent will not be liable for any conflicts or violations (IP, NDAs, protocols, etc.) between CLIENT and TALENT.
If CLIENT has the intention to hire TALENT (or other members of the LD Talent Slack organization) directly outside of LD Talent, or communicate with TALENT outside of the specified project Slack channel provided by LD Talent, then, CLIENT must pay the “LD Talent's TALENT Buy-out Finder’s Fee” which is 1000 USD (one thousand US dollars) for non US-based talent and 2000 USD (two thousand US dollars) for US-based talent (defined as an talent who has attended or will attend 1 or more physical meetings in the US with CLIENT at any point OR has a degree from a US university OR is a citizen or resident of the US -- including permanent residents or working visa holders), before hiring TALENT outside the LD Talent platform on a contract or employment basis.
1. In such a case, CLIENT must request LD Talent staff for the “Finder’s Fee Agreement” and an email introduction to TALENT. This request must occur in CLIENT’s ‘ldc’ channel in the LD Talent Slack organization.
2. CLIENT will not invite TALENT (or other talent or clients part of the LD Talent Slack organization) to any competing platform to LD Talent or engage in verbal, text-based, or other digital communication with TALENT on any competing platform to LD Talent including but not limited to those listed on topfreelancingsites.com or those started by CLIENT themselves.
3. Violation of this policy makes CLIENT subject to domestic or international lawsuit(s) by and expulsion from LD Talent™ (also known as “Learning Dollars Talent”, “Learning Dollars”, and “Learning Dollars Inc.").
Hired / Tried TALENT will post in the project Slack channel [30-m work session] where they describe what exactly they have accomplished in that 30 minutes. CLIENT has 2 days to dispute the work session by messaging in the project channel or in their ‘ldc’ channel. Otherwise TALENT will be paid and CLIENT’s funded balance will drop.
CLIENT acknowledges that they must pay “LD Talent FreshBooks” invoices sent to their email inbox if they intend to continue with TALENT
1. after the free trial period.
2. LD Talent cannot provide refunds for work sessions tracked against funded hours. Unused balance funded hours are the only hours that are refundable. CLIENT acknowledges refund payments may be subject to payment system commissions (such as PayPal) and LD Talent cannot cover losses due to payment system commissions.
LD Talent is a network that maximizes probability of CLIENT-TALENT match success. However, LD Talent cannot guarantee initial or continued responsiveness, performance, availability, or ability of TALENT.
CLIENT acknowledges responsibility for checking talent work sessions frequently. CLIENT is recommended to check Slack (on Mobile or Desktop) daily or more, to ensure TALENT is only tracking time for essential tasks.
CLIENT acknowledges that TALENT are compensated for their time under the condition that both TALENT and CLIENT uphold the policies of LD Talent. Free trials are offered by LD Talent, in which LD Talent bears the cost of work payments.
CLIENT acknowledges that LD Talent cannot guarantee a successful match with TALENT and that LD Talent recommends CLIENT try / hire multiple matches and continue with the best fit using techniques mentioned in the Client FAQ. CLIENT acknowledges that LD Talent cannot guarantee project completion deadlines or artifacts. CLIENT acknowledges responsibility for managing talent to achieve desired results using techniques mentioned in the Client FAQ. LD Talent cannot guarantee retention of Slack messages and files. They are ephemeral. All intellectual property (IP) related to the project is property of the client, not the talent hired.
CLIENT acknowledges that LD Talent is not legally liable for any occurrences, conflicts, violations, breaches, disagreements, legal disputes between TALENT and CLIENT. It is the responsibility of CLIENT to have TALENT sign any required legal documents such as Non-Disclosure agreements at the commencement of the project.
LD Talent will not be liable for the actions of either TALENT or CLIENT on the platform regardless of other agreements signed between the CLIENT, LD Talent, or TALENT.
CLIENT grants LD Talent the right to share testimonials provided by CLIENT. LD Talent may request CLIENT if sharing project metadata is permissible in the context of the testimonial and it is the CLIENT’s right to agree or refuse. Such sharing of testimonials may happen on LD Talent’s websites, blogs, social media, or other dissemination mechanisms.
CLIENT has read, understood, and accepted the Client FAQ page of tips and guidelines for engineering network use-case success. No cash / equity referral payments, except those mentioned in the FAQ, are ever due.
CLIENT has read, understood, and accepted the Site TOS, the Privacy Policy, and the Talent TOS as well.