Independent Contractor Agreement

1. Independent-contractor status

When you connect with a family through Kalvri, you do so as an independent contractor engaged directly by that family, or as a self-employed professional. You are not an employee, agent, partner, joint venturer, or joint employee of Kalvri, and nothing in your use of Kalvri creates an employment relationship with us.

Kalvri's business is operating a software platform that introduces families and independent caregivers — not providing care. Providing care is your own independently established trade or business.

2. Kalvri does not control your work

Kalvri does not set your schedule, set your pay, direct the means or manner of the care you provide, require you to accept any engagement, or supervise your work. You control how and when you work and which families you work with.

3. Your engagement is with the family

The terms of any work — including scope, schedule, rate, and expectations — are agreed directly between you and the family. Kalvri is not a party to that arrangement and is not responsible for it.

4. Payment

The family pays you directly. Kalvri never collects, holds, or routes your wages, and never takes a cut of your rate. Because Kalvri does not pay you, Kalvri does not issue you a Form W-2 or 1099 for that work.

If the optional in-app hiring payment described in the Terms of Service is ever enabled, it does not change this: the payment is processed by Stripe as a direct charge to your own Stripe account — you are the merchant of record, the funds settle directly to you, and you keep your full rate (the 1% platform fee is charged to the family, on top). Setting your rate, accepting or declining work, and everything else in this Agreement stays the same.

5. Taxes, insurance, and benefits

As an independent contractor, you are solely responsible for your own taxes, withholdings, insurance, equipment, and any licenses your work requires. You are not entitled to employee benefits from Kalvri. The family that hires you may have its own obligations as a household employer and is encouraged to consult a tax or legal professional.

6. Credentials and eligibility

You represent that you hold and will maintain any credentials, licenses, and authorizations your work requires, that you represent them honestly, and that you are legally eligible to perform the work you accept. You will not misrepresent your qualifications or any check you self-report.

7. Responsibility and indemnification

You are responsible for the care you provide and your conduct, and you agree to indemnify and hold Kalvri harmless from claims arising out of your work, your engagements, your misrepresentations, or your violation of this Agreement or applicable law, as further described in the Terms of Service.

8. No guarantee of work

Kalvri helps you get seen and matched, but does not guarantee that you will be hired or that any amount of work will result from using the platform.

9. Acknowledgment

By using Kalvri as a caregiver, you acknowledge and agree to this Independent Contractor Agreement.