Placement Fee for Permanent Recruitment
Where a Candidate is submitted via the Marketplace and is successfully appointed in a posted Vacancy, or within any other role within the Employer’s organisation or group, We will invoice the Employer on behalf of the Agency upon confirmation of candidate acceptance.
The Placement Fee is generally payable within 30 days. If the Candidate does not commence the engagement, the Placement Fee shall not be payable and, if already paid, may be refunded and/or credited in line with agreed terms.
The Employer will remain liable for the Placement Fee in respect of a Candidate if within 6 months of introduction:
- the Employer employs that Candidate on a permanent or temporary basis; or
- the Employer initially rejects the Candidate but later employs or engages them; or
- the Employer refers the Candidate to another entity in its group and that entity employs or engages the Candidate.
VMS Contract Roles – Recurring Fees and Candidate Protection
Contract roles may operate through an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, end-rate, cost-plus, markup or other agreed structure. The Vacancy-specific commercial terms displayed on the Marketplace or otherwise accepted in writing form part of this Agreement.
Recurring fee: where a Candidate introduced through Recruiting Hub is engaged on a Contract Assignment, the agreed Recruiting Hub fee/margin and any agreed Recruiter/Vendor fee shall accrue for every approved or billable unit of work throughout the entire Assignment. This includes the original term and every extension, renewal, option period, continuation, re-engagement, reassignment or substantially connected subsequent engagement, unless Recruiting Hub expressly agrees otherwise in writing.
Percentage-margin model: recurring Contract Assignment fees are not based on a fixed USD 6 per hour unless that exact amount has been expressly agreed for a particular Vacancy. The normal commercial basis is the agreed End Rate / Billable Rate and the agreed recurring RecruitingHub percentage margin. RecruitingHub's recurring fee for each approved billable unit is calculated by applying the agreed percentage margin to the applicable End Rate / Billable Rate. Where the agreed rate is expressly stated to be inclusive of RecruitingHub's margin, the RecruitingHub margin is contained within that rate and the remaining amount forms the applicable Candidate/Agency/base share. Where the agreed rate is expressly stated to be exclusive of RecruitingHub's margin, the agreed RecruitingHub percentage margin is added to the applicable base rate to determine the Client's pre-tax billable amount. Any Agency/Vendor share, Account Manager share or other agreed allocation shall be governed by the Vacancy-specific commercial terms, signed agreement, order form or other written commercial record.
Monthly reporting and invoicing: the Employer/client shall provide, or procure the provision of, approved timesheets or a monthly statement showing the Candidate, period, hours/days or other units worked, applicable End Rate / Billable Rate, agreed recurring margin percentage and sufficient information to calculate recurring fees and any Agency/Vendor distribution. Unless different written terms apply, Recruiting Hub may invoice monthly and invoices are due within 30 days.
No avoidance by restructuring: changing the Candidate’s title, department, location, worksite, payroll provider, intermediary, subcontractor, affiliate, end client or contractual route does not extinguish the recurring fee where the Engagement results from the original introduction.
Extensions and survival: recurring fees survive expiry or termination of the User’s account, the Vacancy or these Terms in respect of Candidates introduced before such expiry or termination, and remain payable for the full duration of the relevant Assignment and its extensions or continuations.
Direct hire / conversion: if an Introduced Candidate is hired directly, transferred to another supplier, converted to permanent employment or otherwise engaged in a manner that ends or bypasses the recurring fee, the applicable transfer/conversion fee becomes payable unless Recruiting Hub agrees otherwise in writing. Unless different Vacancy-specific terms apply, the default transfer fee is 10% of first-year annualised gross remuneration.
Records and audit: the Employer/client and, where relevant, the Recruiter/Vendor shall retain records reasonably sufficient to verify fees for at least the period required by applicable law and, in any event, for not less than 24 months after the final payment relating to the Assignment. On reasonable notice and where Recruiting Hub reasonably believes a material underpayment has occurred, Recruiting Hub may require supporting timesheets, payment statements or equivalent records limited to verifying amounts due. Any audit shall be conducted reasonably and subject to confidentiality obligations.
No unrestricted pay-when-paid: unless expressly stated in Vacancy-specific terms accepted by the affected party, an Employer/client’s obligation to pay Recruiting Hub is not conditional upon receipt of payment from its own customer or end client. A Recruiter/Vendor’s entitlement to distribution by Recruiting Hub remains subject to the specific payment terms applicable to that Vacancy.
Bench Contract Roles
Commission is recurring throughout the entire contract duration. The IT Vendor's consultant is engaged directly by the client through RecruitingHub. The standard commission structure is: IT Vendor – 80% and RecruitingHub (RH) – 20% of the agreed contract margin throughout the duration of the engagement.
Contract to Hire Transfer Fee
Where a contractor is converted into a permanent employee, a transfer fee may apply, generally ranging between 10% and 15% of the candidate’s offered first-year annual salary, unless otherwise agreed.
RPO Services
RPO services may involve a retainer fee arrangement, often including an upfront portion of the projected placement fee and an account management layer to support volume hiring.
Free Replacement
The Replacement Period shall run from the Candidate Start Date and may be 30, 60 or 90 days, or any other period agreed in principle with the Employer.
The Employer may be entitled to a one-time free replacement, provided:
- the Placement Fee has been paid within 30 days unless otherwise agreed in writing;
- termination was not caused by redundancy, restructuring, pregnancy, injury, ill health, age, race, gender, sexual orientation or disability;
- termination did not arise from unfair or bad-faith hiring intentions by the Employer; and
- the Employer gives notice to Us within the agreed notice window, usually 7 days.
| Replacement Window |
Replacement Benefit |
| 30 / 60 / 90 days or as agreed in principle |
One-time Free Replacement Guarantee |
If the Employer fails to pay the Placement Fee within 30 days from invoice date, the Employer may lose the benefit of replacement provisions.
Recruiter Fee / Handling Fee
Upon successful Placement, We may invoice the Employer on behalf of the Agency for the Placement Fee specified on the Vacancy. We reserve the right to deduct Our Handling Fee before passing the Recruiter’s share onward.
Where applicable, funds may be held during the agreed replacement period before release in line with the replacement schedule.