Contractor Work Agreements
Every contractor engagement on Omnivoo is backed by a work agreement: a contract between your company and the contractor that sets out the scope of work, rate, and payment terms. It is a two-party document — both the contractor and your company sign it. No invoices can be submitted or paid until it is fully signed.
Who signs, and in what order
The agreement is always signed in this order:
- The contractor signs first. This happens during contractor onboarding, as the step right before the tax form and payout setup. The contractor reviews the document and signs it electronically.
- The employer countersigns second. Once the contractor has signed, your company countersigns from the Contractor agreements page (under Contractors in the app). After your signature, the agreement is fully signed.
You don't draft the document by hand. When you invite a contractor, Omnivoo generates the work agreement from the details you entered (scope of work, billing mode, rate or amount, payment terms, and any additional terms). You see a live preview of it as you fill in the invite form. See Inviting a Contractor for that flow.
The template depends on the contractor's country
The agreement template is chosen by the contractor's country, which sets the governing jurisdiction. You select the country when you invite the contractor, and it is locked for them during onboarding — they cannot change it. The jurisdiction is shown on the agreement details (for example, "United States" or a state and country together).
Agreement statuses
Both you and the contractor can see the status of an agreement. The wording is phrased from each viewer's point of view, so the same agreement may read slightly differently depending on who is looking — the table below uses the canonical status and explains who needs to act next.
| Status | What it means | Who acts next |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | The agreement has been generated but not yet sent out for signing. | No one yet — it's being prepared. |
| Awaiting signatures | Sent out, waiting to be signed. | The contractor (they sign first). |
| Awaiting your signature / Partially signed | The contractor has signed; your company's countersignature is still needed. | The employer (countersign it). |
| Fully signed | Both parties have signed. The engagement is active. | No one — the contractor can now submit invoices. |
| Declined | The agreement was declined and is not in effect. | Contact support if you need a new agreement. |
On the contractor's own list, "Awaiting signatures" shows as Awaiting your signature (it's waiting on them), and "Partially signed" shows as Awaiting employer signature (they've signed and it's now with your company).
Viewing the agreement
Both sides can open an agreement to read the full document. The detail view shows:
- The employer and contractor names
- The governing jurisdiction
- When the employer signed and when the contractor signed (or "Not yet")
- An embedded document preview of the PDF, which you can open in a new tab
A "Sign agreement" button appears only when your signature is still needed.
For contractors: signing your agreement
- You first see your work agreement during onboarding. Review it and click Sign agreement to sign it electronically before continuing to your tax form and payout setup.
- After signing, you'll see a confirmation that your signature was recorded. Once your company countersigns, the agreement becomes fully signed.
- At any time you can open Agreements in your contractor menu to read an agreement, sign it if it's still pending, or open the signed copy.
You can only submit invoices once the agreement is fully signed.
For employers: countersigning
- After a contractor finishes onboarding and signs, the agreement moves to "Awaiting your signature."
- Open the Contractor agreements page in the app, open the agreement, review the document, and sign to countersign it.
- The agreement is now fully signed, and the contractor can begin submitting invoices for approval and payment.
Remember that you must have signed your company's Contractor Services Agreement before any contractor invoice can be paid — that's a one-time, company-wide step, separate from each individual work agreement.