Terms and Conditions - Enginehire

Terms of Service

Last updated : November 3, 2024

By signing up for an Enginehire Account (as defined in Section 1) or by using any Enginehire Services (as defined below), you are agreeing to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Service”).

As used in these Terms of Service, “we”, “us” and “Enginehire” means the applicable Enginehire Contracting Party (as defined in Section 4 below).

The services offered by Enginehire under the Terms of Service include various products and services to help you operate an employment business. Any such services offered by Enginehire are referred to in these Terms of Services as the “Services”. Any new features or tools which are added to the current Services shall be also subject to the Terms of Service.

You can review the current version of the Terms of Service at any time at https://www.enginehire.io/legal/terms. Enginehire reserves the right to update and change the Terms of Service by posting updates and changes to the Enginehire website. You are advised to check the Terms of Service from time to time for any updates or changes that may impact you, and if you do not accept such amendments, you must cease using the Services.

You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained or expressly referenced in these Terms of Service, including Enginehire’s Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) and Privacy Policy before you may sign up for an Enginehire Account or use any Enginehire Service.

Account Terms

To access and use the Services, you must register for an Enginehire account (“Account”) by providing your full legal name, current address, phone number, a valid email address, and any other information indicated as required. Enginehire may reject your application for an Account, or cancel an existing Account, for any reason, in our sole discretion.
You must be the older of: (i) 18 years, or (ii) at least the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside and from which you use the Services to open an Account.
You confirm that you are receiving any Services provided by Enginehire for the purposes of carrying on a business activity and not for any personal, household or family purpose.
You acknowledge that Enginehire will use the email address you provide on opening an Account or as updated by you from time to time as the primary method for communication with you.
You are responsible for keeping your password secure. Enginehire cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to maintain the security of your Account and password.
You are responsible for all activity and content such as photos, images, videos, graphics, written content, audio files, code, information, or data uploaded, collected, generated, stored, displayed, distributed, transmitted or exhibited on or in connection with your Account (“Materials”).
A breach or violation of any term in the Terms of Service, including the AUP, as determined in the sole discretion of Enginehire may result in an immediate termination of your Services.

Account Activation

Business Owner

Subject to section 2.1(2), the person signing up for the Service by opening an Account will be the contracting party (“Business Owner”) for the purposes of our Terms of Service and will be the person who is authorized to use any corresponding Account we may provide to the Business Owner in connection with the Service.
If you are signing up for the Services on behalf of your employer, your employer shall be the Business Owner. If you are signing up for the Services on behalf of your employer, then you must use your employer-issued email address and you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind your employer to our Terms of Service.
“Platform” means the website associated with the Account.

Staff Accounts

Based on your Enginehire pricing plan, you can create one or more staff accounts (“Staff Accounts”) allowing other people to access the Account. With Staff Accounts, the Business Owner can set permissions and let other people work in their Account while determining the level of access by Staff Accounts to specific business information (for example, you can prevent Staff Accounts from changing general settings).
The Business Owner is responsible and liable for the acts, omissions and defaults arising from use of Staff Accounts in the performance of obligations under these Terms of Service as if they were the Business Owner’s own acts, omissions or defaults.
The Business Owner and the users under Staff Accounts are each referred to as an “Enginehire User”.

General Conditions

You must read, agree with and accept all of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Service, including the AUP and the Privacy Policy before you may become an Enginehire User.

Technical support in respect of the Services is only provided to Enginehire Users.
The Terms of Service shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods will not apply to these Terms of Service and is hereby expressly excluded.
You acknowledge and agree that Enginehire may amend these Terms of Service at any time by posting the relevant amended and restated Terms of Service on Enginehire’s website, available at https://enginehire.io/terms-and-conditions/ and such amendments to the Terms of Service are effective as of the date of posting. Your continued use of the Services after the amended Terms of Service are posted to Enginehire’s website constitutes your agreement to, and acceptance of, the amended Terms of Service. If you do not agree to any changes to the Terms of Service, do not continue to use the Service.
You may not use the Enginehire Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose nor may you, in the use of the Service, violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright laws), the laws applicable to you in your customer’s jurisdiction, or the laws of Canada and the Province of Ontario. You will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in your use of the Service and your performance of obligations under the Terms of Service.
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Service, use of the Services, or access to the Services without the express written permission by Enginehire.
You shall not purchase search engine or other pay per click keywords (such as Google AdWords), or domain names that use Enginehire or Enginehire trademarks and/or variations and misspellings thereof.
Questions about the Terms of Service should be sent to info@enginehire.ca.
You understand that your Materials, may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
The Services allow you to send certain communications to your customers by short message service (SMS) messaging (for example, sending order confirmation notifications via SMS) (the “SMS Services”). You will only use the SMS Services in compliance with these Terms of Service, Nexmo Inc.’s Acceptable Use Policy, and the laws of the jurisdiction from which you send messages, and in which your messages are received.
You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Services, including information transmitted to or stored by Enginehire, is governed by its privacy policy at https://www.enginehire.io/legal/privacy
The Terms of Service may be available in languages other than English. To the extent of any inconsistencies or conflicts between these English Terms of Service and Enginehire’s Terms of Service available in another language, the most current English version of the Terms of Service at https://enginehire.io/terms-and-conditions/ will prevail.
All the terms and provisions of the Terms of Service shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to the Terms of Service and to their respective heirs, successors, permitted assigns and legal representatives. Enginehire shall be permitted to assign these Terms of Service without notice to you or consent from you. You shall have no right to assign or otherwise transfer the Terms of Service, or any of your rights or obligations hereunder, to any third party without Enginehire’s prior written consent, to be given or withheld in Enginehire’s sole discretion.
If any provision, or portion of the provision, in these Terms of Service is, for any reason, held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision (or the unaffected portion of the provision) of the Terms of Service, and the Terms of Service will be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision, or portion of the provision, had never been contained within the Terms of Service.

Enginehire Contracting Party

“Enginehire Contracting Party” means Enginehire Inc., a Canadian corporation, with offices located at 174 Rimmington Drive, Vaughan, Ontario, L4J 6J5.

The parties irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario with respect to any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Terms of Service.

Enginehire Rights

We reserve the right to modify or terminate the Services for any reason, without notice at any time. Not all Services and features are available in every jurisdiction and we are under no obligation to make any Services or features available in any jurisdiction.
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
We may, but have no obligation to, remove Materials and suspend or terminate Accounts if we determine in our sole discretion that the goods or services offered via a Platform, or the Materials uploaded or posted to a Platform, violate our Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) or these Terms of Service.
Verbal or written abuse of any kind (including threats of abuse or retribution) of any Enginehire customer, Enginehire employee, member, or officer will result in immediate Account termination.
Eniginehire does not pre-screen Materials and it is in our sole discretion to refuse or remove any Materials from the Service, including your Platform.
We reserve the right to provide our services to your competitors and make no promise of exclusivity in any particular market segment. You further acknowledge and agree that Enginehire employees and contractors may also be Enginehire customers and that they may compete with you, although they may not use your Confidential Information (as defined in Section 6) in doing so.
In the event of a dispute regarding Account ownership, we reserve the right to request documentation to determine or confirm Account ownership. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, a scanned copy of your business license, government issued photo ID, the last four digits of the credit card on file, your status as an employee of an entity, etc.

Confidentiality

“Confidential Information” shall include, but shall not be limited to, any and all information associated with a party’s business and not publicly known, including specific business information, technical processes and formulas, software, customer lists, prospective customer lists, names, addresses and other information regarding customers and prospective customers, product designs, sales, costs (including any relevant processing fees), price lists, and other unpublished financial information, business plans and marketing data, and any other confidential and proprietary information, whether or not marked as confidential or proprietary. Enginehire’s Confidential Information includes all information that you receive relating to us, or to the Services, that is not known to the general public including information related to our security program and practices.
Each party agrees to use the other party’s Confidential Information solely as necessary for performing its obligations under these Terms of Service and in accordance with any other obligations in these Terms of Service including this Section 6. Each party agrees that it shall take all reasonable steps, at least substantially equivalent to the steps it takes to protect its own proprietary information, to prevent the duplication, disclosure or use of any such Confidential Information, other than (i) by or to its employees, agents and subcontractors who must have access to such Confidential Information to perform such party’s obligations hereunder, who each shall treat such Confidential Information as provided herein, and who are each subject to obligations of confidentiality to such party that are at least as stringent as those contained herein; or (ii) as required by any law, regulation, or order of any court of proper jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter contained in these Terms of Service, provided that, if legally permitted, the receiving party shall give the disclosing party prompt written notice and use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such disclosure is accorded confidential treatment. Confidential Information shall not include any information that the receiving party can prove: (A) was already in the public domain, or was already known by or in the possession of the receiving party, at the time of disclosure of such information; (B) is independently developed by the receiving party without use of or reference to the other party’s Confidential Information, and without breaching any provisions of these Terms of Service; or (C) is thereafter rightly obtained by the receiving party from a source other than the disclosing party without breaching any provision of these Terms of Service.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, Enginehire shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses resulting from the use of or inability to use the Service.
To the extent permitted by applicable laws, in no event shall Enginehire or our suppliers be liable for lost profits or any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with our site, our Services or these Terms of Service (however arising including negligence). You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, Enginehire partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Service or the documents it incorporates by reference (including the AUP), or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
Your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The Services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any warranty or condition, express, implied or statutory.
Enginehire does not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
Enginehire does not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services will be accurate or reliable.
Enginehire does not warrant that the quality of any products, services, information, or other materials purchased or obtained by you through the Services will meet your expectations, or that any errors in the Services will be corrected.
In all circumstances, the maximum liability of Enginehire, its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers, to you for damages for any and all causes whatsoever, and your maximum remedy, regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall be limited to no more than the total amount of Fees (as defined in Section 11) paid to Enginehire for the Services giving rise to the liability under these Terms of Service.

Waiver and Complete Agreement

The failure of Enginehire to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Service, including the documents it incorporates by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Enginehire and govern your use of the Services and your Account, superseding any prior agreements between you and Enginehire (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service).

Intellectual Property and Customer Content

We do not claim any intellectual property rights over the Materials you provide to the Enginehire Service. All Materials you upload remains yours. You can remove your Enginehire Platform at any time by deleting your Account.
By uploading Materials, you agree: (a) to allow other internet users to view the Materials you post publicly to your Platform; (b) to allow Enginehire to store, and in the case of Materials you post publicly, display and use your Materials; and (c) that Enginehire can, at any time, review and delete all the Materials submitted to its Service, although Enginehire is not obligated to do so.
You retain ownership over all Materials that you upload to the Platform; however, by making your Platform public, you agree to allow others to view Materials that you post publicly to your Platform. You are responsible for compliance of the Materials with any applicable laws or regulations.
Enginehire shall have the non-exclusive right and license to use the names, trademarks, service marks and logos associated with your Platform to promote the Service.

Themes

You may establish the appearance of your Enginehire Platform with a design template from Enginehire (“a Theme”).
You may modify the Theme to suit your Platform. Enginehire may add or modify the footer in a Theme that refers to Enginehire at its discretion. Enginehire may modify the Theme where it contains, in our sole discretion, an element that violates the Enginehire AUP or other provisions of the Terms of Service, even if you received the Theme in that condition. Enginehire may modify the Theme to reflect technical changes and updates as required.

Payment of Fees

You will pay the Fees applicable to your subscription to Online Service (“Subscription Fees”) and any other applicable fees, including but not limited to applicable fees relating to the value of transactions made through your Platform (“Transaction Fees”), and any fees relating to your purchase or use of any products such as Third Party Services (“Additional Fees”). Together, the Subscription Fees, Transaction Fees and the Additional Fees are referred to as the “Fees”.
You must keep a valid payment method on file with us to pay for all incurred and recurring Fees. Enginehire will charge applicable Fees to any valid payment method that you authorize (“Authorized Payment Method”), and Eniginehire will continue to charge the Authorized Payment Method for applicable Fees until the Services are terminated, and any and all outstanding Fees have been paid in full. Unless otherwise indicated, all Fees and other charges are in U.S. dollars, and all payments shall be in U.S. currency.
Subscription Fees are paid in advance and will be billed in 30 day intervals (each such date, a “Billing Date”). Transaction Fees and Additional Fees will be charged from time to time at Enginehire’s discretion. You will be charged on each Billing Date for all outstanding Fees that have not previously been charged. Fees will appear on an invoice, which will be sent to the Business Owner via the email provided. As well, an invoice may appear on the Account page of your Platform’s administration console. Users have approximately two weeks to bring up and settle any issues with the billing of Subscription Fees.
If we are not able to process payment of Fees using an Authorized Payment Method, we will make a second attempt to process payment using any Authorized Payment Method 3 days later. If the second attempt is not successful, we will make a final attempt 3 days following the second attempt. If our final attempt is not successful, we may suspend and revoke access to your Account and the Services. Your Account will be reactivated upon your payment of any outstanding Fees, plus the Fees applicable to your next billing cycle. You may not be able to access your Account or your website during any period of suspension. If the outstanding Fees remain unpaid for 60 days following the date of suspension, Enginehire reserves the right to terminate your Account.
All Fees are exclusive of applicable federal, provincial, state, local or other governmental sales, goods and services, harmonized or other taxes, fees or charges now in force or enacted in the future (“Taxes”).
You are responsible for all applicable Taxes that arise from or as a result of your subscription to or purchase of Enginehire’s products and services. To the extent that Enginehire charges these Taxes, they are calculated using the tax rates that apply based on the billing address you provide to us. Such amounts are in addition to the Fees for such products and services and will be billed to your Authorized Payment Method. If you are exempt from payment of such Taxes, you must provide us with evidence of your exemption, which in some jurisdictions includes an original certificate that satisfies applicable legal requirements attesting to tax-exempt status. Tax exemption will only apply from and after the date we receive evidence satisfactory to Enginehire of your exemption. If you are not charged Taxes by Enginehire, you are responsible for determining if Taxes are payable, and if so, self-remitting Taxes to the appropriate tax authorities in your jurisdiction.
For the avoidance of doubt, all sums payable by you to Enginehire under these Terms of Service shall be paid free and clear of any deductions or withholdings whatsoever. Other than Taxes charged by Enginehire to you and remitted to the appropriate tax authorities on your behalf, any deductions or withholdings that are required by law shall be borne by you and paid separately to the relevant taxation authority. Enginehire shall be entitled to charge the full amount of Fees stipulated under these Terms of Service to your Authorized Payment Method ignoring any such deduction or withholding that may be required.
You must maintain an accurate location in the administration menu of your Enginehire Platform. If you change jurisdictions you must promptly update your location in the administration menu.
Enginehire does not provide refunds.

Cancellation and Termination

You may cancel your Account and terminate the Terms of Service at any time by contacting support@enginehire.ca and then following the specific instructions indicated to you in Enginehire’s response.
Upon termination of the Services by either party for any reason:
Enginehire will cease providing you with the Services and you will no longer be able to access your Account;
unless otherwise provided in the Terms of Service, you will not be entitled to any refunds of any Fees, pro rata or otherwise;
any outstanding balance owed to Enginehire for your use of the Services through the effective date of such termination will immediately become due and payable in full; and
your Platform website will be taken offline.
If at the date of termination of the Service, there are any outstanding Fees owing by you, you will receive one final invoice via email. Once that invoice has been paid in full, you will not be charged again.
We reserve the right to modify or terminate the Enginehire Service, the Terms of Service and/or your Account for any reason, without notice at any time. Termination of the Terms of Service shall be without prejudice to any rights or obligations which arose prior to the date of termination.
Fraud: Without limiting any other remedies, Enginehire may suspend or terminate your Account if we suspect that you (by conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with the use of the Services.

Modifications to the Service and Prices

Prices for using the Services are subject to change upon 30 days’ notice from Enginehire. Such notice may be provided at any time via email to the Business Owner, or by posting the changes to the Enginehire Site (enginehire.io) or the administration menu of your Enginehire Platform via an announcement.
Enginehire reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue, the Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice.
Enginehire shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, price change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

Third Party Services

Enginehire may from time to time recommend, provide you with access to, or enable third party software, applications (“Apps”), products, services or website links (collectively, “Third Party Services”) for your consideration or use. Such Third Party Services are made available only as a convenience, and your purchase, access or use of any such Third Party Services is solely between you and the applicable third party services provider (“Third Party Provider”). In addition to these Terms of Service, you also agree to be bound by the additional service-specific terms applicable to services you purchase from, or that are provided by, Third Party Providers.
Any use by you of Third Party Services offered through the Services or Enginehire’s website is entirely at your own risk and discretion, and it is your responsibility to read the terms and conditions and/or privacy policies applicable to such Third Party Services before using them. In some instances, Enginehire may receive a revenue share from Third Party Providers that Enginehire recommends to you or that you otherwise engage through your use of the Services or Enginehire’s website.
We do not provide any warranties or make representations to you with respect to Third Party Services. You acknowledge that Enginehire has no control over Third Party Services and shall not be responsible or liable to you or anyone else for such Third Party Services. The availability of Third Party Services on Enginehire’s websites, or the integration or enabling of such Third Party Services with the Services does not constitute or imply an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation by or with Enginehire. Enginehire does not guarantee the availability of Third Party Services and you acknowledge that Enginehire may disable access to any Third Party Services at any time in its sole discretion and without notice to you. Enginehire is not responsible or liable to anyone for discontinuation or suspension of access to, or disablement of, any Third Party Service. Enginehire strongly recommends that you seek specialist advice before using or relying on Third Party Services, to ensure they will meet your needs. In particular, tax calculators should be used for reference only and not as a substitute for independent tax advice, when assessing the correct tax rates you should charge to your customers.
If you install or enable a Third Party Service for use with the Services, you grant us permission to allow the applicable Third Party Provider to access your data and other Materials and to take any other actions as required for the interoperation of the Third Party Service with the Services, and any exchange of data or other Materials or other interaction between you and the Third Party Provider is solely between you and such Third Party Provider. Enginehire is not responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of your data or other Materials, or for any corresponding losses or damages you may suffer, as a result of access by a Third Party Service or a Third Party Provider to your data or other Materials.
Google Maps is a Third Party Service that is used within the Services. Your use of the Services is subject to your acceptance of the Google Maps and Earth Enterprise Universal Acceptable Use Policy, Google Maps and Google Earth Additional Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy as it may be amended by Google from time to time.
The relationship between you and any Third Party Provider is strictly between you and such Third Party Provider, and Enginehire is not obligated to intervene in any dispute arising between you and a Third Party Provider.
Under no circumstances shall Enginehire be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, extraordinary, exemplary or other damages whatsoever, that result from any Third Party Services or your contractual relationship with any Third Party Provider. These limitations shall apply even if Enginehire has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing limitations shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, Enginehire partners, officers, directors, agents, employees, and suppliers harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of a Third Party Service or your relationship with a Third Party Provider.

Beta Services

From time to time, Enginehire may, in its sole discretion, invite you to use, on a trial basis, pre-release or beta features that are in development and not yet available to all users (“Beta Services”). Beta Services may be subject to additional terms and conditions, which Enginehire will provide to you prior to your use of the Beta Services. Such Beta Services and all associated conversations and materials relating thereto will be considered Enginehire Confidential Information and subject to the confidentiality provisions in this agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that you will not make any public statements or otherwise disclose your participation in the Beta Services without Enginehire’s prior written consent. Enginehire makes no representations or warranties that the Beta Services will function. Enginehire may discontinue the Beta Services at any time in its sole discretion. Enginehire will have no liability for any harm or damage arising out of or in connection with a Beta Service. The Beta Services may not work in the same way as a final version. Enginehire may change or not release a final or commercial version of a Beta Service in our sole discretion.

Feedback and Reviews

Enginehire welcomes any ideas and/or suggestions regarding improvements or additions to the Services. Under no circumstances shall any disclosure of any idea, suggestion or related material or any review of the Services, Third Party Services or any Third Party Provider (collectively, “Feedback”) to Enginehire be subject to any obligation of confidentiality or expectation of compensation. By submitting Feedback to Enginehire (whether submitted directly to Enginehire or posted on any Enginehire hosted forum or page), you waive any and all rights in the Feedback and that Enginehire is free to implement and use the Feedback if desired, as provided by you or as modified by Enginehire, without obtaining permission or license from you or from any third party. Any reviews of a Third Party Service or Third Party Provider that you submit to Enginehire must be accurate to the best of your knowledge, and must not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable. Enginehire reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit Feedback of Third Party Services or Third Party Providers, but does not regularly inspect posted Feedback.

DMCA Notice and Takedown Procedure

Enginehire supports the protection of intellectual property and asks Enginehire users to do the same. It’s our policy to respond to all notices of alleged copyright infringement. If someone believes that one of our users is infringing their intellectual property rights, they can send a DMCA Notice to Enginehire. Upon receiving a DMCA Notice, we may remove or disable access to the Materials claimed to be a copyright infringement. Once provided with a notice of takedown, the user can reply with a counter notification if they object to the complaint. The original complainant has 14 business days after we receive a counter notification to seek a court order restraining the user from engaging in the infringing activity, otherwise we restore the material.

Rights of Third Parties

Save for Enginehire and its affiliates, Enginehire Users or anyone accessing Enginehire Services pursuant to these Terms of Service, unless otherwise provided in these Terms of Service, no person or entity who is not a party to these Terms of Service shall have any right to enforce any term of these Terms of Service, regardless of whether such person or entity has been identified by name, as a member of a class or as answering a particular description. For the avoidance of doubt, this shall not affect the rights of any permitted assignee or transferee of these Terms.

Privacy & Data Protection

Enginehire is firmly committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and the personal information of your customers. By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that Enginehire’s collection, usage and disclosure of this personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy.