Attain and Gain Counseling Independent Contracting Agreement

2. Compensation. 

3. Independent Contractor Relationship. Consultant's relationship with Client will be that of an independent contractor, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or should be construed to, create a partnership, agency, joint venture, or employment relationship. No part of Consultant's compensation will be subject to withholding by Client for the payment of any social security, Medicare, federal, state, or any other employee payroll taxes. Consultant shall not be entitled to any Disability, Liability, Workers' Compensation, unemployment, and/or health insurance from Client. Consultant is not subject to any employment or labor laws.

• Consultant shall establish his or her own schedule and is not entitled to "overtime.
• Consultant can accept or reject any case(s) referred to him or her by Client;
• Consultant is responsible to the individual for the result of the work;
• Consultant shall control how the service is provided;
• Consultant shall not be entitled to reimbursement for commuting, travel or other costs in completing the work;
• Consultant represents (s)he has the necessary skills; training and education for performance of the job;
• Consultant shall pay taxes independently;
• Consultant has no termination rights;
• If Consultant no longer wishes to work on a particular case(s), Consultant shall provide at least fourteen (14) days' written notice to Client per case to allow Client sufficient time to find a replacement.
• Nothing in this agreement precludes Consultant from working with any other agencies providing similar services.

4. Ownership of Work Product. Consultant agrees that all work-product developed by him/her alone or in conjunction with others in connection with the performance of services pursuantto this Agreement is and shall be the sole property of Client, and Consultant shall retain no ownership, interest, or rights therein. Work product includes but is not limited to notes, reports, graphs, memoranda.

5. Confidentiality.

5.1 Definition of Confidential Information. "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" as used in this Agreement shall mean any and all technical and non-technical information including patent, copyright, trade secret, proprietary information, computer files, and client information related to the past, current, future, and proposed services of Client and includes, without limitation, Client property, and Client's information concerning customers, research, financial information, purchasing, business forecasts, sales and merchandising, and marketing plans and information.

5.2 Nondisclosure and Nonuse Obligations. Consultant agrees to protect the confidentiality of all Confidential Information and, except as permitted in this section, Consultant shall neither use nor disclose the Confidential Information. Consultant may use the Confidential Information solely to perform consulting services under this Agreement for the benefit of Client.

 6. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason by either Party.

7. Professional Responsibilities of Consultant. Consultant agrees and understands that he/she must maintain his/her status of all required certification and licensing. This includes but is not limited to: Annual required trainings by NJS regulatory and funding sources.

8. Non-Solicitation Without the prior consent of the Client, Consultant agrees to not solicit or enter into any employment or engagement in any capacity either directly or indirectly, to provide any related services to any individual whom the Consultant provided Attain and Gain Counseling services for, for the Client. This will remain in effect through the term of this agreement and for a period of 1 year from the termination or expiration of this agreement.

CLIENT: Roman Rubin /s/ Roman Rubin,

Managing Director

Attain and Gain Counseling

263 Hillside Avenue, #5

Nutley, NJ 07110