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# Contractor Work Agreements

> How the two-party contractor work agreement is signed, what each status means, and how to view it.

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 that both the contractor and your company sign. 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:

1. **The contractor signs first.** This is **not** part of the [onboarding wizard](/contractors/contractor-onboarding). After the contractor finishes the four onboarding steps (Terms of Service, Identity verification, Identity & tax details, Documents) and their identity verification is approved, a **Sign your work agreement** task appears in the to-do list on their dashboard. They open it, review the document, and sign it electronically.
2. **The employer countersigns second.** Once the contractor has signed, your company countersigns from your contractor agreements list (grouped under **People** 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). On the invite wizard's final Review step, **View agreement** opens a preview of it in a window so you can read it before sending. See [Inviting a Contractor](/contractors/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, so 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

1. You do **not** sign your agreement inside the onboarding wizard. Finish the four onboarding steps first: **Terms of Service**, **Identity verification**, **Identity & tax details**, and **Documents**.
2. Once your identity verification is approved and an agreement is waiting on you, a **Sign your work agreement** task appears in the to-do list on your [dashboard](/contractors/contractor-dashboard). Open it, review the document, and sign it electronically.
3. After signing, you'll see a confirmation that your signature was recorded. Once your company countersigns, the agreement becomes fully signed.
4. At any time you can open **Contracts** in your contractor sidebar to read an agreement, sign it if it's still pending, or open the signed copy.

A client who has just taken you on shows there as **Pending agreement**, with no document to open. Your agreement is written once your identity check is approved, and the row then becomes one you can open and sign.

You can [submit invoices](/contractors/submitting-invoices) once the agreement is fully signed and your identity is verified. See [Verifying your identity](/contractors/verify-your-identity).

## For employers: countersigning

The contractor signs first, from a task on their dashboard. Once they have signed, the agreement is waiting on you.

### The Contractor agreements page

Open your **Contractor agreements** page (grouped under **People**) to track every work agreement with your contractors.

* An **Awaiting your signature** card appears at the top whenever one or more agreements are waiting on you (the contractor has signed and it's your turn). Each lists the contractor and jurisdiction with a **Review & sign** button.
* Below it, a full table lists every agreement with its **Contractor**, **Jurisdiction**, **Status**, **Created** date, and a **Document** column. The Document column shows **Review & sign** while an agreement is out for or partway through signing, a green **Signed** badge once it's fully signed, or a dash otherwise.
* When there are no agreements yet, the page shows "No agreements yet."

The employer status labels are **Draft**, **Awaiting signatures** (out for signing, waiting on the contractor), **Awaiting your signature** (the contractor has signed, it's your turn), **Fully signed**, and **Declined**.

### Signing from an engagement

You can also manage an agreement from a contractor's engagement page, where a single **Agreements** card shows the current step:

| What you see                                        | What it means                                                                                                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Generate work agreement**                         | No agreement exists yet, or the last one was declined. Generate one, and the contractor signs first, then it returns to you.                          |
| Waiting for the contractor to sign                  | The agreement is out for signing and the contractor hasn't signed yet.                                                                                |
| **It's your turn to sign** (with **Review & sign**) | The contractor has signed. Countersign to finish.                                                                                                     |
| Signed, finalizing your agreement                   | Both parties have signed. There is a brief delay of a few seconds while the completion is confirmed, and the card updates on its own to fully signed. |
| Signed by both parties                              | The agreement is fully signed.                                                                                                                        |

For the full engagement view, see [Managing a Contractor Engagement](/contractors/managing-a-contractor-engagement).

Remember that you must have signed your company's [Contractor Services Agreement](/contractors/contractor-services-agreement) before any contractor invoice can be paid. That's a one-time, company-wide step, separate from each individual work agreement.

## Related articles

* [What Are Contractors?](/contractors/what-are-contractors)
* [Inviting a Contractor](/contractors/inviting-a-contractor)
* [Contractor Onboarding](/contractors/contractor-onboarding)
* [Managing a Contractor Engagement](/contractors/managing-a-contractor-engagement)
* [Submitting Invoices](/contractors/submitting-invoices)
* [Approving and Paying Contractors](/contractors/approving-and-paying-contractors)