User agreement Planet Interim

For access to and the use of the websites of Planet Interim, such as www.planetinterim.nl, www.planetinterim.com, www.planetinterim.be, www.planetinterim.bg, www.planetinterim.de, www.planetinterim.fr en www.planetinterim.co.uk, hereafter also referred to as: the ‘Sites' or 'these Sites', the following terms and conditions apply as well as all the applicable legislation. By purchasing access to the Sites and making use of these Sites, you agree unconditionally to the terms and conditions mentioned hereafter of Planet Interim Disclaimer and the Privacy Policy of Planet Interim which form an integral part of this Users' agreement.


Article 1 Definition and Contents of Site

To Hiring Organizations, Employers, Clients, Principals and Employment offices, Intermediaries, Recruitment Agencies and other Intermediary Agencies, such as Brokers and Managed Service Providers (MSP), will hereafter be referred to as "Principal" or "Principals". To Interim Professionals, Freelance Professionals and / or Subcontractors will hereafter be referred to as "Interim Professional" or "Interim Professionals."
Planet Interim has composed the contents of these Sites with the greatest care possible. However, all the information on these Sites regarding posted references, vacancies and companies originates from the Principals, Mediation agencies and/or Interim Professionals and/or Assignees. The Principals, Mediation agencies and/or Interim Professionals and/or Assignees are responsible themselves for the correctness and completeness of this information.


Article 2 Objective of Planet Interim

Planet Interim enables registered Users (including Principals, Employers, Mediation agencies and/or Interim Professionals and/or Assignees) to contact each other. However, Planet Interim is never party to any agreement concluded as a result of using Planet Interim.


Article 3 Data


  1. If you wish to use the Sites, you will ensure that your data, including but not limited to your name, address, and place of residence data, and all information related to your business data, profile, and/or CV are complete, accurate, and up-to-date.

  2. You guarantee that you are legally authorized to use Planet Interim in any way.

  3. As a registered Interim Professional and/or contact person, you accept that Planet Interim regularly provides you with information, whether requested or unsolicited, through email, fax, SMS, MMS, post, or otherwise, including email notifications, various system messages, update requests, and newsletters to keep you informed of relevant developments in interim and the services of the Sites, at the discretion of Planet Interim.

  4. The data/content you publish in the context of Planet Interim must not (I) be based on falsehoods or be misleading, (II) infringe on the rights of third parties, including copyrights, neighboring rights, trademark rights, or any other intellectual property rights or rights related to privacy protection; (III) violate any law, regulation, ordinance, or other applicable regulations; (IV) contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bots, or other software that can damage, render unusable or accessible, delete, or appropriate automated work or data.

    Furthermore, you will find below a non-exhaustive list of content that you are not allowed to publish on these Sites, all of which is solely at the discretion of Planet Interim, such as content that:

    • is discriminatory based on appearance, race, religion, gender, culture, origin, or may otherwise be considered offensive;
    • incites violence against and/or harassment of another or others and/or;
    • leads to or results from the exploitation or abuse of others and/or;
    • is contrary to good morals or good taste, is violent, or contains a link to pornographic
    • and/or violent material or website, or contains pornographic or erotic material and/or;
    • promotes or engages in illegal activities and/or;
    • infringes on the intellectual property rights of others and/or;
    • involves chain letters, junk mail, or spamming and/or;
    • requests passwords or other personally identifiable information for commercial or illegal purposes and/or;
    • involves commercial activities without prior written consent from Planet Interim, such as advertisements, lotteries, contests, or pyramid schemes and/or;
    • includes a photo or likeness of another person without their consent.

  5. Planet Interim reserves the right to shorten or modify the texts of posted advertisements, Job Descriptions, references, recommendations, profiles, profile names, and/or CVs, and other expressions, for example when the completed data do not correspond to the nature and/or purpose of the relevant input fields. 

  6. It is not allowed to fill in and publish HTML code, personal names, or company names, contact information, email, and website data through input fields that do not explicitly request this information. Planet Interim reserves the right to modify or remove this data.

  7. Planet Interim also reserves the right to remove advertisements, Job Descriptions, references, reviews, profiles, profile names, and/or CVs, and other expressions from the Sites in case the content infringes on the rights of third parties, including but not limited to intellectual property rights.

  8. Planet Interim reserves the right to modify or remove posted advertisements, Job Descriptions, references, reviews, profiles, profile names, and/or CVs, and other expressions if they deviate significantly from the standard format and/or design of the website.

  9. Planet Interim reserves the right to modify or remove posted advertisements, Job Descriptions, references, reviews, profiles, profile names, and/or CVs, and other expressions if they are contrary to the interests of Planet Interim, for example, in the case of negative statements about Planet Interim or advertising for competing organizations of Planet Interim.


Article 4 Intellectual property rights


  1. The (intellectual property) rights regarding the Sites, also including copyright of the texts, illustrations, lay-out, photos and other (stationary and/or moving) image material, acoustic material, formats, software and other materials, the databank rights and brand rights (including domain names), are vested in Planet Interim and/or the Principals/mediation agencies.
  2. You are not permitted to use the Sites or any content of the Sites, also including making it available in any way to third parties and/or reproducing (the contents of) the Sites, otherwise than in conformity with the objective of Planet Interim. This also means that you are not permitted, without prior written permission from Planet Interim, to request and reuse a substantial part of the contents of the databank(s) and/or to request and reuse non-substantial amounts of the contents of the databank(s) repeatedly and systematically as referred to in the Databank Act [Databankenwet].

Article 5 Unrequested Communication and data collection


  1. The use of (personal) details from third parties which have been made public by them via the Sites, also including but not limited to email addresses of other Users (including Principals, Mediation agencies and/or Interim Professionals and/or Assignees), is solely and only permitted with a view to fulfilling a concrete assignment. It is on no account permitted to process the (personal) details of other Users for any other purpose, which includes, among other things, that the following is forbidden:
    • the (unrequested) initiating of any form of commercial communication by means of email, social media, internet, fax, SMS, MMS, post or otherwise with registered Principals and/or Interim Professionals with Planet Interim, at any rate directly or indirectly promoting the goods, services or image of a company, organization or person insofar as one and another does not concern fulfilling a concrete assignment;
    • the (unrequested) initiating of any form of commercial communication by means of email, fax, SMS, MMS, post or otherwise with Principals and/or Mediation agencies, at any rate directly or indirectly promoting the goods, services or image of a company, organization or person, such regardless of whether these products or services (indirectly) concern fulfilling an assignment;
    • any form of unrequested communication;
    • collecting email addresses of Principals and/or Mediation agencies for whatever reason.
  2. If you act or partly act contradictory to the provisions in this article, you will forfeit, without further warning or formal notice and without requiring legal intervention, an immediately payable fine of € 500 (five hundred Euro) per event, whereby the use of one (personal) detail applies as one event, such without prejudice to the provisions below under article 6.

Article 6 Exclusion

Planet Interim reserves the right to exclude you with immediate effect from any further use of Planet Interim if you act in any way in conflict with this Users' agreement, any provisions under Dutch law or with the netiquette which you must take into consideration when using the Internet, such without prejudice to the right of Planet Interim to take further legal action against you and to demand damage compensation.


Article 7 Guarantee

Planet Interim explicitly does not guarantee:

  • that the information on the Sites, including the vacancies, interim Assignments and/or company information and/or profiles posted on the Sites is accurate, current and complete;
  • that an employer and/or intermediary is authorised to conclude a contract with you;
  • that the Sites will operate uninterrupted, secure or available and will be free from errors, defects and viruses and other harmful components;  
  • eventual errors or defects will be corrected;
  • the results of using the Service will meet your requirements; and,
  • that third parties will not use its systems unlawfully;

Article 8 Liability

Planet Interim hereby excludes liability for any damage whatsoever, direct and/or indirect, in any form originating from and/or resulting from the use of the Sites. More in particular, Planet Interim shall not be liable in any case for whatever damage, which in any way originates and/or results from the following:

  • actions carried out by you, such as entering into contact and/or concluding agreements with registered Users (including Principals, Mediation agencies and/or Interim Professionals and/or Assignees) which would have been prompted by assignments placed on the Sites;
  • being unable to use the Sites;
  • the fact that certain information from registered Users (including Principals, Mediation agencies and/or Interim Professionals and/or Assignees) on Planet Interim is incorrect, incomplete or not up-to-date;
  • the unlawful use of the systems of Planet Interim by a third party.

Article 9 Indemnification

You fully indemnify Planet Interim and its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers or affiliates against all possible claims from yourself and third parties in any way arising from and/or relating to your use of the Sites. In no event will Planet Interim nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, use, goodwill or other intangible losses, arising out of (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of third parties on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorised access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages, and even if any remedy set out herein fails to fulfil its essential purpose.


Article 10 Links

Our service may contain links (for example, by means of a hyperlink, banner or button) to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Planet Interim. Planet Interim has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party web sites or services. You acknowledge and agree that Planet Interim shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you visit.


Article 11 Security

Planet Interim commits in all reasonableness to protecting its systems and the Sites against loss and/or any form of illegal use. For this purpose, Planet Interim executes suitable technical and organizational measures for this purpose, whereby the state of the technology is taken into account, among other things.


Article 12 The Revenue Model of Planet Interim

Planet Interim maximises the chances of a match for affiliated Interim Professionals. That is why posting Assignments on Planet Interim is free up to 5 assignments per month. To maintain and improve Planet Interim, we ask for a Contribution to our costs from affiliated Interim Professionals.

For this purpose, we have developed the following two types of membership for Interim Professionals, namely the Free Basic Membership with a Contribution to our cost on a No Cure No Pay basis and the Premium Membership.

Both Types of Membership are explained below.


12.1 Premium Membership: Additional Benefits for € 15 per month


With a Premium Membership, members can immediately see who placed the assignment. Premium Members also pay Planet Interim no fee in the event of a match. Premium members also get direct access to assignments and can respond to assignments. Basic members can be found and approached, provided their profile is complete enough, but they cannot respond to assignments.

The Premium Membership can be obtained for € 20 per month, € 90 per 6 months or for a single payment of € 395,00 without an end date, ex. VAT.

Read more about the Benefits of the Premium Membership


12.1.1 MAINTENANCE, RENEWAL AND CANCELLATION OF THE PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP


The premium membership is a business agreement between Planet Interim and the user. Maintaining, pausing and stopping the premium membership is explicitly the responsibility of the user who has entered into the agreement to purchase the premium membership from Planet Interim. The user will maintain, pause or stop the premium membership in accordance with the information provided by Planet Interim on the site, the payment confirmations and this user agreement.

On the day before the new premium membership period starts, the premium membership will be automatically extended in accordance with this user agreement by the one-month or six-month period as selected and agreed with by the user. This of course does not apply to the 'lifetime' premium membership that has no end date.

The premium membership can only be maintained, paused or stopped by logging in to the premium account online. The premium membership must then be maintained, stopped or paused via the My Account dashboard. Messages to Planet Interim from outside the own account, for example via the contact form or in the form of an e-mail, are expressly not accepted.


12.1.2 VALIDITY PREMIUM MEMBERSHIPS


  • Premium memberships are business agreements between the Sites and its users. Premium memberships without an end date, such as a Premium membership 'Forever' or memberships that have not yet reached the end date of an ongoing period, will be active until the end date and or as long as Planet Interim exists as a platform.
  • In case Planet Interim and / or the Sites are sold, stopped or disbanded, for example in case of bankruptcy or takeover, the user will be entitled to the Premium Membership as long as the Site is functioning and the Premium Membership is still running. If the Sites cease to function or are discontinued, the user cannot claim any compensation or indemnification in any form whatsoever, nor can the user hold Planet Interim nor the Sites liable for any damage that would have resulted from a paid Premium membership.
  • If the user terminates the entire Planet Interim account, the user nullifies the investment made in case of a still ongoing Premium membership.
  • If the account was stopped in case of a misunderstanding, please contact us so that we can still restore the account if possible.
  • The memberships, and expressly the premium memberships, are intended for professionals only and not for (commercial) intermediaries. If it appears that a professionals account has been created by a recruitment agency without prior consultation with Planet Interim, and no partner agreement has been concluded, the account can be deleted. See the special service for recruiters that intermediary organisations can expressly make use of.

12.2.1 When is Which Contribution to our cost Owed


Interim Professionals registered with a Planet Interim Basic membership are required to pay a Contribution to our cost to Planet Interim if, during their Basic Membership, or within three months after its expiry, the Situation a) and or Situation b) occurs as described below:

  1. A Principal has found the Interim Professional on Planet Interim, whom he subsequently approached after which the Professional will fulfill an Interim Assignment. This includes a possible referral by the initial Principal to another Principal in which or through which the Interim Professional will fulfill an Interim Job or Assignment due to the initial contact through Planet Interim.
  2. The Interim Professional has responded to an Assignment or Interim Job through Planet Interim, after which the Interim Professional will fulfill an Assignment or Interim Job after the initial application or communication through Planet Interim.

Situation a) or Situation b) occurs if there has been demonstrable contact between the Principal and Interim Professional through Planet Interim. This can be demonstrated, for example, by one of the following examples:

  • The Interim Professional or Principal informs Planet Interim about the agreed contract or one of them confirms the Agreement to Planet Interim or
  • The Interim Professional or Principal performed demonstrable actions on the site such as clicking on the Apply-button on a page on the Site with an Assignment or Interim Job or by
  • Proven communication between the Principal and Interim Professional has taken place through the Site which led to a Match.

Please Pay attention:

According to Article 1 of this General User Agreement the "Principal" as mentioned in the described Situations a) en b), can also be an Intermediary or Recruitment Agency. As a result there is no difference whether an Assignment or Interim Job will be fulfilled through the service of an Intermediary or directly at the Principal without any intermediation.


12.2.2 The Determination of the Amount of the Contribution to our cost


The amount of the Contribution to our cost as of € 100, - up to € 195, - ex. VAT per month is related to the agreement with the Principal about the number of working hours in a regular workweek. Holidays and actually billed hours are therefore not relevant.

The maximum Contribution to our cost of € 195, - ex. VAT is applicable in case of an Assignment with a regular workweek from 32 hours or more. For a working week with 24 up to 32 hours a Contribution to our cost of € 150, - ex. VAT is applicable. For Assignments with a typical regular work week with less than 24 hours, a Contribution to our cost of € 100, - ex. VAT per month will be billed.

In the left column of the table presented below you will find the agreed number of working hours per week and in the right column you will find the Contribution to our cost ex. VAT per month during the first three months of the Assignment:

Workweek hours

Contribution

32 and up€ 195,-
24 up to 32€ 150,-
Less than 24 hours€ 100,-

Although we do monitor contact between Principals and Interim Professionals through Planet Interim, Interim Professionals should inform Planet Interim about a Match through our platform using our contact form.


Article 13 Additional services and service costs for employers


  1. Every calendar month, the posting of the first five assignments is free for client companies.
  2. As from the sixth assignment placed on the site(s) in a calendar month, a service fee of €7.95 (ex. VAT) will be charged per assignment.
  3. The overview of placed assignments per organisation is maintained and specified by Planet Interim. Only if more than five assignments are placed in a calendar month, an invoice with specification will be sent to the contact person(s) known to us.

Article 14 Payments policy


  1. For the premium membership, placing banners, minisites and placing standard or premium interim assignments, you owe to Planet Interim the amount stated in this overview or elsewhere on the Sites for the services, which is exclusive of Dutch VAT
  2. The costs of a membership or placement can differ on the basis of, among other things, the duration of the membership or the statement, the types of statements or additional services chosen.
  3. The notice period of a premium membership for interim professionals is one day before the expiry date of the current premium membership. This means that if, for example, the expiry date is March 20, the last day of the current premium membership, March 19, is also the period of notice. As a result, in this example, the last day that can be canceled without automatic renewal of the premium membership is March 18 until 23h59.
  4. The payment obligations apply from the moment of carrying out the first actions on the Sites under a premium membership and/or a first placement of a banner(s), miniSites(s) or of a standard or premium interim assignment(s), unless otherwise agreed with Planet Interim in writing no longer than 2 months before the moment of carrying out the first actions as a premium member or of placement. If payment is not received or not received on time by Planet Interim, Planet Interim reserves the right to remove the placed banner(s), miniSites(s) or standard or premium interim assignment(s), and to still collect the amount owed.
  5. Products such as banner(s), miniSites(s) or standard or premium interim assignment(s) can be temporarily sold out. After the confirmation email from Planet Interim that your statement will be placed, you must pay the amount owed immediately by one of the methods indicated.
  6. Planet Interim will also be able to invoice Principals on the basis of (flexible) budgets purchased by them. Invoicing takes place afterwards. Some time after purchasing the budget, you will be sent an invoice, with Dutch VAT added, to the address indicated by you. Planet Interim is at all times authorized to terminate the flexible budget with immediate effect and/or temporarily put it out of action.
  7. You are obliged to do everything to meet your payment obligations towards Planet Interim.If the payment term is exceeded, Planet Interim is authorized to charge the legal amount of interest, whereby a part of a month is counted as a full month. You will owe this interest simply and solely by exceeding the payment term, such without the necessity for a summons or formal notice. If Planet Interim is forced to seek legal aid in order to collect the amounts owed to Planet Interim, all the judicial and extrajudicial costs for this will be refunded by you to Planet Interim.

Article 15 Miscellaneous

If and insofar as any provision of this Users' agreement is declared null and void or made invalid, the other provisions of the Users' agreement will remain in full force. In that case, Planet Interim will lay down a new provision to replace the null and void provision/provision made invalid, whereby the scope of the null and void provision/provision made invalid will be taken into consideration as much as possible.

Dutch law applies to this Users' agreement. Any disputes will be brought before the competent court in Amsterdam.

The User Agreement may be amended by Planet Interim at any time. Planet Interim therefore recommends that you regularly review this User Agreement. By continuing to visit or use our Sites after these revisions take effect, you agree to be bound by the revised terms and conditions. If you do not agree to the new terms, please cease using the Services and Sites.

The User’s Agreement, “Gebruikersovereenkomst Planet Interim”, in the Dutch language is leading over this document and can be found through following this link: https://planetinterim.nl/gebruikersovereenkomst


Planet Interim,
January 5th, 2023