| 1.0
Fees and Billings |
| 1.1 |
Participating members will share fees on a 50/50
basis, unless otherwise stipulated and agreed to prior to
referral. |
| 1.2 |
Billing will be done by placing office, unless other
arrangements are made. |
| 1.3 |
Fee arrangements and guarantees of the placing office
must be acceptable to both parties prior to referral. These
arrangements and guarantees will be deemed acceptable to the
referring office if it does not object within a reasonable
time after receiving the placing office's Fee Schedule. |
| 1.4 |
Possible problems with collections, fall-offs,
refunds, etc., should be discussed prior to referral. These
arrangements and guarantees will be deemed acceptable to the
referring office if it does not object within a reasonable
time after receiving the placing office's Fee Schedule. |
| 1.5 |
Payments of the shared fee shall be sent to the
referring office within five days of receipt from the
client-employer along with a photocopy of the client's check. |
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| 2.0
Sharing Job Orders |
| 2.1 |
When soliciting referrals by telephone from another
member office, disclose the full job description and
specification. If the other office has the same job order, the
"split" is cancelled. It is not necessary to reveal
the name of the client-employer. |
| 2.2 |
Job orders and resumes should not be mailed without
prior agreement from cooperating offices. |
| 2.3 |
Information received during network contacts should
never be used as a job order lead. |
| 2.4 |
All client-employer contact should be made by the
office supplying the job order, unless otherwise agreed.
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| 3.0
Shared Candidates |
| 3.1 |
Shared candidates should be so advised prior to
referral to another office, and should be willing and prepared
to be cooperative and professional in the referral process. |
| 3.2 |
The office receiving a candidate from the referring
office shall consider the candidate "shared." This
means that fees will be split in connection with any placement
by the placing office resulting from a referral. |
| 3.3 |
A shared and placed candidate shall not be subject to
recruitment by either office as long as he/she remains in the
employ of the client-company. If the candidate request to be
placed in another position either office may do so, and, if
placed by the placing office, the fees will be split.
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| 3.4 |
The placing office should advise the referring office
of all the details of the placement. |
| 3.5 |
When a candidate is shared, it is important that both
offices be kept advised of all activities involving the shared
candidate. Also, any future contact with the shared candidate
should be done through the initiating office. |
| 3.6 |
This system does not recognize "three-way
splits," and members shall not refer candidates which
they share with another firm. A member may not refer a
shared/referred candidate to another placement firm. |
| 3.7 |
A split fee is due even if the referred candidate is
already on file with the placing office if the referral is a
procuring cause of the placement. |
| 3.8 |
Candidates referred by shared candidates are also
shared candidates. Members who obtain referrals from shared
candidates must treat those referrals also as shared
candidates. |
| NOTE:
To facilitate the above eight items, it is suggested that
participating offices maintain a separate "NETWORK
FILE" containing agreements, applications, resumes, and
other correspondence or memoranda concerning each shared
candidate and placement. |
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| 4.0
Consultant's Participation |
| 4.1 |
Placement consultants (counselors, AE, etc) involved
in shared referrals and placements shall be so advised and
made aware that commissions will be based on the share
received and not the entire fee. |
| 4.2 |
Placement consultants shall be advised that the
shared candidate is not subject to recruitment. |
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| 5.0
Other Agreements |
| 5.1 |
All or part of the shared fee is subject to recall in
the event of additional collection problems, refunds,
fall-offs, etc. Upon being notified of a fall-off, the
referring office shall immediately refund its share of the fee
to the placing office, even if there is a "replacement
guarantee" rather than a "guarantee of a
refund." |
| 5.2 |
Participating offices may modify any of these NETWORK
RULES for the purpose of satisfying individual situations,
providing such amendments are made and agreed to in writing by
both parties involved. It is suggested that a copy of such
amendments be sent to the Network Committee Chairperson as a
matter of record. |
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| 6.0
Disputes and Arbitration Agreement |
| 6.1 |
Any questions regarding shared placements should be
directed to the Network Chairperson. |
| 6.2 |
Mediation will be provided by the Network
Chairperson. Either party to a dispute may request the MAAPC
Business Practices Chairperson to conduct final and binding
arbitration, and each MAAPC member agrees to participate in
such arbitration and be bound by the results thereof.
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