General Terms of Business of the sole proprietorship Walnut Careers e.K., headquartered at Sternstra\u00dfe 49, 40479 D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, referred to as \u201cWalnut\u201d throughout these Terms. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Updated: 15 June 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1.1 Contract basis<\/i><\/p>\n Walnut is a human resources service provider dedicated to recruiting talents for its Customers. This activity aims at producing work relationships between employees and Walnut\u2019s Customers. The activity is limited to recruitment alone and does not include the conclusion of contracts on Customer\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n 1.2 Contract parties<\/i><\/p>\n The Service Agreement is concluded between Walnut and Customer.<\/p>\n 1.3 Type and scope of service<\/i><\/p>\n The object of the Service Agreement is recruitment, assessment and preselection of talents according to Customer\u2019s requirements profile.<\/p>\n 2.1 Order placement\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Customer places a recruitment order in writing, by electronic communication, or by telephone. The Service Agreement must be confirmed in writing to take effect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2.2 Cancellation<\/i><\/p>\n Customer may cancel a placed order at any time. Cancellation is free of charge, unless Walnut has incurred recruitment costs in terms of working time, travel fees, per diem expenses, advertisements etc. Actually incurred costs are charged transparently. Walnut also reserves the right to cancel the order.<\/p>\n 3.1 Contract fulfillment<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The recruitment order is deemed fulfilled, if a temporary or open-ended employment contract is closed between a talent and Customer. The time at which the employment contract begins is irrelevant for the fulfillment of the Service Agreement. The commission is also due, if the employment contract is closed up to eighteen months after the talent\u2019s introduction, or if the talent\u2019s employment contract is terminated during the trial period, and the talent is then rehired at a later time.<\/p>\n 3.2 Guarantee period<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The guarantee period for the recruitment contract is 3 months for full-year or open-ended contracts, and 14 days for limited seasonal contracts. The guarantee period is not tied to the trial period under labor law or any other laws. The guarantee period begins on the starting date defined in the employment contract.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 3.3 Recruitment guarantee<\/i><\/p>\n Should a recruited talent terminate his\/her employment within the guarantee period, Walnut guarantees to refill the vacancy free of charge once. This only applies, if the due recruitment commission has been paid in full. If the talent\u2019s termination resulted from legal violations by Customer or any of Customer\u2019s employees, the claim for refilling the vacancy expires without affecting Walnut\u2019s fee claims. Should Walnut be verifiably unable to recruit an adequate substitute talent, Customer will receive a refund of 70% of the agreed contract value.<\/p>\n 4.1 Recruitment fee claims<\/i><\/p>\n As soon as the contract is fulfilled, Walnut has a claim to the recruitment fee. If the employment contract is closed under conditions different from the ones offered, or if the recruited talent is employed in a position different from the requirements profile, this will not affect Walnut\u2019s recruitment fee claims.<\/p>\n 4.2 Due dates and payment terms<\/i><\/p>\n If an employment contract is concluded with the talent recruited by Walnut, Customer shall inform Walnut within one week after conclusion. Walnut will issue the invoice immediately after conclusion of the employment contract. All fees and commissions are stated net plus value-added tax and are due strictly net as soon as the invoice is issued.<\/p>\n 5. Exclusion of liability<\/i><\/p>\n The information Walnut provides about a talent is based on statements by the talent or by third parties. Therefore, Walnut cannot guarantee the correctness and completeness of the stated information, or the professional, physical, or mental suitability of the talent. Walnut is not liable for any damages caused by a talent performing his\/her work. Any direct or indirect claims by Customer are excluded. Furthermore, Walnut cannot guarantee that a proposed talent is not placed elsewhere or chooses a different employer.<\/p>\n 6. Data protection<\/i><\/p>\n Customer is required to treat all information received under this contract confidentially and, in particular, not to share this information with any third parties. If Customer\u2019s violation of this requirement leads to a third party closing a contract with the talent proposed by Walnut, Customer shall owe the commission in the same way, as if Customer had closed the contract. Customer must return to Walnut any documents, digital or hardcopy, of rejected or refused talents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Final provisions<\/i><\/p>\n These General Terms of Business govern the binding cooperation between Walnut and Customer. Any additional agreements must be set down in writing. If one or more provisions of these Terms of Business are invalid by law, the remaining terms will remain in effect. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision which best satisfies the purpose of the invalid provision. This present version of these Terms of Business is superseded by any later versions. All contracts are subject to German law. The place of jurisdiction and place of fulfillment for both parties is Walnut\u2019s registered place of business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" General Terms & Conditions General Terms of Business of the sole proprietorship Walnut Careers e.K., headquartered at Sternstra\u00dfe 49, 40479 D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, referred to as \u201cWalnut\u201d throughout these Terms. \u00a0 Updated: 15 June 2018\u00a0 1.1 Contract basis Walnut is a human resources service provider dedicated to recruiting talents for its Customers. This activity aims at … <\/p>\n