1. Parties and relationship

This Operator Agreement is between HRM8 Pty Ltd (ACN 694 475 208) and you, the partner named in your application. You operate as an independent contractor, not an employee, agent, joint venturer or partner of HRM8, and you have no authority to bind HRM8 except as expressly set out here. You confirm you are free to enter this agreement and will disclose any restraint, exclusivity or conflict of interest that could affect it.

2. Appointment and pathway

HRM8 appoints you on a non-exclusive basis in the pathway you selected (Sales Agent, Recruiter, 360 Recruiter or HR Consultant). HRM8 may engage other partners and may serve any customer directly. Your pathway sets the commission streams you can earn, as set out in the Commission Schedule (Annexe A).

3. Your obligations

You will act honestly and to HRM8's published standards and code of conduct; represent HRM8 and its platform accurately and make no misleading claims; keep your details, qualifications and registrations current; comply with all laws that apply to your activities; and use the platform, demo environments and customer data only for your engagement.

4. HRM8's obligations

HRM8 will provide platform access appropriate to your pathway, onboarding and product training, a partner dashboard showing pipeline, attribution and projected commission, and reasonable support, and will calculate and pay commission in accordance with this agreement.

5. Commission and attribution

Commission is earned per the Commission Schedule (Annexe A) below, which HRM8 may update from time to time on reasonable notice. Every customer engagement carries originator attribution from your first documented touchpoint with that customer, recorded in your dashboard. Self-service signups earn no origination commission on any product; commission rewards operators who personally bring a direct employer to HRM8. Where more than one partner could claim attribution, HRM8 determines it reasonably from the dashboard record.

6. Payment

Commission is paid monthly in arrears on net revenue HRM8 has actually collected, in your tax-residence currency, once your accrued balance passes US$100. HRM8 generates self-billing invoices on your behalf from your registered details. Subscription commission stands once HRM8 has collected; later refunds, credits or churn sit with HRM8, not you. Payouts pause only during a regulatory, KYC or compliance review and resume on completion with no earned balance lost.

7. Taxes and costs

You are responsible for your own taxes, including any GST, VAT or equivalent, and for your own superannuation, insurance and business costs. Commission is exclusive of such taxes unless stated otherwise. You are not entitled to employee benefits, leave or withholding.

8. Term and termination

This agreement starts when HRM8 approves you and continues until ended by either party on notice. HRM8 may suspend or end it immediately for material breach, for conduct that risks HRM8 or its customers, or on failure of a compliance check. On termination, future trail commission stops, and commission already earned on closed engagements is settled within a reasonable period. There is no clawback on commission already booked and paid.

9. Confidentiality

Each party keeps the other's confidential information, and all customer and candidate information, confidential, uses it only for this engagement, and returns or deletes it on request or on termination. This clause survives termination.

10. Data protection

Where you handle candidate or employee personal data, you act as a processor on HRM8's instructions under the Data Processing Addendum and applicable privacy law. You will keep that data secure, use it only for the engagement, and report any suspected breach to HRM8 promptly.

11. Intellectual property and brand

HRM8 owns the HRM8 platform, brand, content and related intellectual property. HRM8 grants you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable licence to use HRM8 brand assets only as provided and only while this agreement is in force. You gain no other rights and will not register or contest any HRM8 mark.

12. Your warranties

You warrant that you hold the authority, qualifications, registrations and any right to work or operate that your pathway requires; that the information in your application is accurate; that you are under no restraint that prevents this engagement; and that you will neither pay nor accept any bribe, secret commission or improper inducement.

13. Compliance and screening

You will comply with applicable anti-bribery, anti-money-laundering, sanctions and data-protection laws, and will cooperate with the identity and compliance checks HRM8 reasonably requires, at onboarding and periodically while you are active.

14. Liability and indemnity

Neither party is liable for indirect or consequential loss. Each party's liability is limited to the extent the law allows, and any non-excludable consumer guarantees are preserved. You indemnify HRM8 against loss arising from your breach of this agreement, your negligence, or any misrepresentation you make to a customer.

15. Independence and conduct

Nothing in this agreement creates an employment, agency or partnership relationship, and you may not hold yourself out as having authority beyond it. Neither party will make disparaging statements about the other.

16. General

This agreement, with the Commission Schedule and the documents it refers to, is the entire agreement between the parties and replaces any earlier understanding. HRM8 may vary it on reasonable notice, and continued activity is acceptance. You may not assign it without HRM8's consent; HRM8 may assign it within the HRM8 group. Notices are given through the partner dashboard or your registered email. If a term is unenforceable, the rest stands. This agreement is governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, and the parties submit to the courts of that place.