Independent Contractor Agreement

SitReady operates an online technology marketplace through which Parents may locate, evaluate, communicate with, and book independent Sitters for childcare services.The Platform may support: • Sitter profiles; • Availability; • Search and discovery; • Instant Bookings; • Scheduled Bookings; • Recurring Bookings; • Extended Bookings; • Messaging; • Payment processing; • Screening status; • Reviews; • Safety reporting; • Customer support; and • Account administration. SitReady provides technology and marketplace functionality and does not itself provide the childcare services performed by a Sitter.The childcare services associated with a Booking are provided by the Sitter directly to the Parent and Child.

The parties intend that the Sitter provide childcare services as an independent service provider and not as an employee, agent, partner, joint venturer, franchisee, or representative of SitReady.Nothing in this Agreement authorizes the Sitter to: • Bind SitReady to a contract; • Make promises on behalf of SitReady; • Make warranties or representations on behalf of SitReady; • Incur obligations or expenses for SitReady; or • Represent that the Sitter is a SitReady employee. The Sitter is responsible for operating the Sitter's independent childcare activity in compliance with Applicable Law.The Sitter is also responsible for determining whether the Sitter's activities require any: • License; • Registration; • Permit; • Certification; • Insurance; • Tax registration; • Professional authorization; or • Other governmental or regulatory approval. The parties acknowledge that the label “independent contractor” does not by itself determine legal classification. Worker classification depends on the actual relationship between the parties, the parties' conduct, applicable law, and the degree of behavioral control, financial control, and other relevant factors.

Subject to lawful eligibility, safety, and Platform-integrity requirements, the Sitter controls: • When to make services available; • Whether to use SitReady; • Which Booking opportunities to review; • Which Bookings to accept or decline; and • Whether to continue offering services through SitReady. SitReady does not guarantee the Sitter: • A minimum number of Bookings; • A minimum number of hours; • A minimum number of opportunities; • A minimum level of earnings; or • Any particular amount of work. SitReady may provide technological tools such as: • Matching; • Search filters; • Search or ranking features; • Availability tools; • Instant Booking functionality; and • Notifications. Such tools are intended to facilitate the marketplace and do not, by themselves, require a Sitter to accept a particular Booking.

A Sitter's decision to accept a Booking is voluntary.Once the Sitter accepts a Booking, the Sitter is expected to honor the agreed Booking terms unless: • The Booking is properly cancelled; • The Parent agrees to a change; • A genuine emergency occurs; or • Another permitted exception applies. Reliability requirements concerning accepted Bookings are intended to protect Parents and Children and maintain Platform integrity.They are not intended to require the Sitter to accept Booking opportunities in the first instance.

The Parent and Sitter determine the childcare requested for an individual Booking.Subject to the agreed Booking terms, Applicable Law, and reasonable safety requirements, the Sitter is responsible for the manner and means used to provide the childcare.The Sitter is expected to use the Sitter's own: • Judgment; • Experience; • Skill; and • Professional discretion when providing childcare.SitReady may establish baseline requirements concerning: • Eligibility; • Child safety; • Anti-fraud practices; • Anti-harassment; • Child protection; • Confidentiality; • Payments; • Platform security; and • Platform use. These requirements are intended to protect Users, Children, legal compliance, and Platform integrity and are not intended to direct the minute-by-minute manner in which childcare is performed.SitReady does not intend to: • Supervise the Sitter inside a Parent's home; • Dictate the Sitter's daily work schedule; • Assign mandatory shifts; or • Require the Sitter to accept a specified number of Bookings.

The Sitter may independently: • Provide childcare services outside SitReady; • Obtain clients through other means; • Use other childcare platforms; • Maintain other employment; • Operate another business; and • Make services available to the general public. SitReady does not require the Sitter to make SitReady the Sitter's exclusive source of childcare work.The Sitter's independent activities remain subject to obligations concerning: • Confidentiality; • Intellectual property; • Lawful conduct; • Protection of User information; and • Any properly scoped non-circumvention requirements contained in this Agreement.

SitReady does not guarantee that a Parent will: • Request a Booking; • Offer a Booking; • Confirm a Booking; or • Continue using a particular Sitter. A Sitter may experience periods with no Booking opportunities.Search visibility, demand indicators, estimates, previous Booking volume, or prior earnings do not guarantee future opportunities or earnings.The Sitter bears the ordinary economic risk associated with operating an independent childcare activity, subject to SitReady's contractual obligations concerning accepted and completed Bookings and applicable cancellation compensation.

Except for SitReady technology or other items SitReady expressly agrees to provide, the Sitter is responsible for the Sitter's ordinary business expenses.These may include: • Mobile phone; • Internet access; • Transportation; • Clothing; • Certifications; • Training; • Business supplies; • Insurance; • Taxes; • Licensing or registration expenses; and • Other expenses associated with independently providing services. Parents are generally responsible for providing Child-specific household items required for a Booking, including where applicable: • Food or formula; • Diapers; • Medications where legally appropriate; • Emergency information; • Car seats; and • Other Child-specific items. The Parent and Sitter may agree to additional arrangements where appropriate.

SitReady may provide tools through which: • Rates; • Booking prices; • Platform Fees; • Service Fees; • Cancellation compensation; and • Other amounts are calculated or displayed.The Platform's final rate-setting functionality will determine whether Sitters: • Set their own rates; • Select from permitted rate parameters; or • Operate under another pricing structure. Sitters authorize SitReady and the applicable payment provider, to the extent legally permitted, to process Booking payments and apply clearly disclosed: • Platform Fees; • Refunds; • Reversals; • Chargebacks; • Adjustments; • Taxes or withholding required by law; and • Other authorized amounts.

SitReady may facilitate Sitter payouts through Stripe Connect or another authorized payment provider. The Sitter must provide accurate information required for payment-provider onboarding, which may include: • Legal identity information; • Bank information; • Tax information; • Verification information; and • Other required account information. Payout timing may vary because of: • Payment-provider verification; • Bank processing; • Weekends or holidays; • Reserves; • Refunds; • Fraud review; • Disputes; • Chargebacks; • Negative balances; or • Other lawful payment restrictions. SitReady does not guarantee immediate or specific payout timing unless expressly supported by the applicable payment configuration.The Sitter may be required to accept the applicable payment provider's terms as part of onboarding.

The Sitter is responsible for determining and satisfying applicable federal, state, and local tax obligations arising from Sitter earnings.This may include income and self-employment taxes where applicable.SitReady does not intend to withhold employee payroll taxes or provide employee tax treatment unless required by Applicable Law.SitReady or its payment provider may: • Collect tax information; • Perform legally required withholding; • Provide tax information; • Issue applicable tax documentation; or • Facilitate tax reporting required by law. SitReady does not promise a particular tax form where reporting requirements depend on Applicable Law, payment structure, applicable thresholds, or payment-provider configuration.

Unless required by Applicable Law or separately provided under a program that does not alter the intended legal classification, Sitters are not entitled through SitReady to employee benefits merely because they use the Platform.Such benefits may include: • Employee wages; • Overtime; • Paid time off; • Sick leave; • Unemployment benefits; • Workers' compensation benefits; • Retirement benefits; • Health insurance; or • Other employee benefits. The availability of any separate insurance or protection program does not, by itself, determine the Sitter's legal classification.

The Sitter is responsible for maintaining insurance required by Applicable Law and any insurance reasonably appropriate to the Sitter's independent activities.If the Sitter transports Children, the Sitter must maintain any legally required: • Driver's license; • Vehicle registration; • Automobile insurance; and • Other transportation-related authorization. The Sitter must comply with any separately applicable SitReady transportation requirements.Nothing in this Agreement represents that SitReady provides insurance coverage for the Sitter unless an actual insurance policy expressly provides such coverage.SitReady does not represent that the Sitter is covered by SitReady's: • General liability insurance; • Workers' compensation insurance; • Automobile insurance; • Professional liability insurance; • Abuse or molestation coverage; or • Other insurance unless such coverage actually applies.

Sitters must complete SitReady's required identity-verification and background-screening processes.Screening may be conducted through Checkr or another approved provider.The Sitter must provide truthful and accurate legal identity information.Screening is intended to reduce risk but does not guarantee: • Safety; • Qualifications; • Competence; • Suitability; or • Future conduct. SitReady may require periodic re-screening or additional eligibility review where permitted by Applicable Law.Sitters must cooperate with legally required: • Authorization procedures; • Dispute procedures; • Adverse-action processes; and • Eligibility reviews. Any consumer-report-based eligibility decision will be handled in accordance with Applicable Law and the SitReady Background Check & Screening Policy.

The Sitter must use reasonable care and skill when providing childcare.The Sitter must: • Provide attentive supervision; • Provide age-appropriate care; • Respect lawful Parent instructions; • Comply with Applicable Law; • Follow applicable safety requirements; and • Place Child safety first. The Sitter must not: • Provide care while materially impaired; • Engage in abuse; • Engage in neglect; • Engage in exploitation; • Engage in violence; • Engage in sexual misconduct; • Engage in harassment; • Engage in theft; • Engage in illegal activity; • Bring unauthorized persons to a Booking; • Transfer care without authorization; or • Intentionally expose a Child to an unreasonable serious danger. SitReady's safety requirements do not authorize SitReady to control the Sitter's independent professional judgment beyond lawful and reasonable Platform requirements necessary to protect Children and Users.

-RISK SERVICESHigher-risk services may include: • Medication assistance; • Transportation; • Swimming or water supervision; • Overnight care; • Specialized medical or developmental care; and • Other activities presenting increased safety or legal risks. Such services may be: • Limited; • Separately authorized; • Subject to additional requirements; or • Prohibited depending on SitReady's applicable Platform functionality and Applicable Law.A Sitter must not accept a duty that the Sitter cannot lawfully or competently perform.Where SitReady provides a specific disclosure, authorization, or consent workflow, the Sitter must follow that workflow before undertaking the applicable activity.

If an immediate emergency exists, the Sitter should contact 911 or the appropriate emergency service first and notify the Parent as circumstances permit.SitReady Support is not an emergency-response service.Sitters must comply with any mandatory reporting obligations imposed by Applicable Law concerning: • Child abuse; • Neglect; • Exploitation; or • Other legally reportable circumstances. SitReady's internal reporting process does not replace a legally required report to governmental authorities or emergency services.

Sitters may receive sensitive non-public information in connection with Bookings.Such information may include: • Home addresses; • Schedules; • Access instructions; • Child Information; • Allergies; • Medical needs; • Emergency contacts; • Household information; • Private messages; and • Other confidential family information. The Sitter may use such information only as reasonably necessary for: • The applicable Booking; • Safety; • Legal compliance; or • An authorized Platform purpose. The Sitter must not publish or disclose a Child's: • Image; • Name; • Location; • Medical information; • Family routines; • Access codes; or • Other private information without appropriate authorization, except where disclosure is legally required or reasonably necessary to address an emergency.

-SHOWS, AND RELIABILITYA Sitter who can no longer perform an accepted Booking must cancel through the Platform as soon as reasonably possible.Repeated cancellations, excessive lateness, or No-Shows may affect: • Search visibility; • Booking eligibility; • Account standing; or • Continued Platform access. Depending on severity and frequency, SitReady may impose: • Warnings; • Restrictions; • Reduced visibility; • Suspension; or • Termination. A genuine emergency may qualify for review under SitReady's Emergency & Extenuating Circumstances procedures.Reliability requirements apply to Bookings the Sitter has voluntarily accepted and do not require the Sitter to accept Booking opportunities in the first instance.

Parents may submit reviews and ratings based on completed or otherwise eligible Booking experiences.SitReady may use legitimate Platform information in trust or discovery features, which may include: • Reviews; • Ratings; • Reliability information; • Completed-Booking history; • Screening status; • Availability; and • Other relevant Platform information. Sitters must not manipulate, fabricate, threaten, or improperly influence reviews.

-PLATFORM TRANSACTIONS AND NON-CIRCUMVENTIONSitters may independently serve clients obtained outside SitReady and may operate their own independent businesses.However, a Sitter must not intentionally use SitReady's: • Marketplace; • Contact information; • Messaging functionality; • Booking information; or • Platform relationship to divert a SitReady-originated Booking or payment off-platform for the purpose of avoiding disclosed SitReady Fees, screening requirements, payment safeguards, safety processes, or other Platform protections.Any non-circumvention restriction must be interpreted and enforced only to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prohibit a Sitter from operating an independent childcare business generally.

SitReady retains its rights in its: • Software; • Trademarks; • Designs; • Databases; • Documentation; • Platform materials; and • Other protected intellectual property. Subject to the Sitter's continued eligibility, SitReady grants the Sitter a limited, revocable right to access and use the Platform solely for authorized purposes.The Sitter may not, except as permitted by Applicable Law: • Copy protected Platform materials; • Scrape Platform systems; • Reverse engineer restricted systems; • Circumvent technical protections; • Misuse User data; • Commercially exploit SitReady's protected systems; or • Access Platform information without authorization.

The Sitter has no authority to act as SitReady's agent or representative unless SitReady expressly provides written authorization.The Sitter may not: • Enter contracts in SitReady's name; • Make warranties for SitReady; • Make representations concerning SitReady's obligations; • Represent that SitReady supervises the Sitter's childcare; • Incur expenses for SitReady; or • Create liabilities for SitReady. The Sitter must not represent to a Parent or third party that the Sitter is a SitReady employee.

SitReady may investigate credible reports or concerns involving: • Child safety; • Fraud; • Identity; • Background screening; • Payment disputes; • Chargebacks; • Harassment; • Abuse; • Illegal activity; • Repeated reliability failures; • Policy violations; or • Other serious Platform concerns. While an investigation is pending, SitReady may impose temporary protective restrictions where reasonably necessary.Depending on the circumstances and Applicable Law, SitReady may: • Request additional information; • Require verification; • Issue warnings; • Limit Platform features; • Reduce profile visibility; • Restrict Booking access; • Suspend the Account; or • Terminate Platform access. Temporary protective action does not necessarily constitute a final finding of wrongdoing.Where appropriate, SitReady may provide a process through which the Sitter can submit additional information or appeal a final eligibility decision.

The parties acknowledge that worker classification may be affected by applicable Florida law, including any applicable statutory framework concerning marketplace contractors.The parties do not rely solely upon the title of this Agreement to establish independent-contractor status. The actual relationship and Platform operations should be consistent with the requirements of Applicable Law, including considerations concerning: • Pricing; • Scheduling; • Booking acceptance; • Payment; • Termination; • Platform controls; • Sitter independence; and • Other relevant operational factors. If applicable law imposes requirements that differ from this Agreement, the applicable law will control to the extent required.

Federal worker classification is fact-specific.The parties acknowledge that relevant considerations may include: • Behavioral control; • Financial control; • The type of relationship; • The actual conduct of the parties; and • Other factors recognized under Applicable Law. The parties understand that describing a Sitter as an “independent contractor” does not, standing alone, establish the legal classification of the relationship.SitReady and the Sitter intend to structure and operate their relationship consistently with applicable independent-contractor requirements.

SitReady may revise this Agreement when reasonably necessary due to changes in: • The Platform; • Applicable Law; • Payment structure; • Screening processes; • Safety requirements; • Business operations; or • The marketplace model. Where required by Applicable Law, SitReady will provide appropriate notice of material changes and obtain any required acceptance.SitReady may maintain records concerning Agreement versions and Sitter acceptance.

The Sitter may be required to affirmatively accept this Agreement during onboarding before receiving access to applicable Platform features or Booking opportunities.Where legally required following a material revision, the Sitter may be required to affirmatively accept the revised Agreement.Acceptance records may include: • Agreement version; • Acceptance date; • Acceptance time; • Account information; and • Other appropriate electronic records. Electronic acceptance may constitute the Sitter's agreement to the applicable version of this Agreement to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

The Sitter remains responsible for the Sitter's independent business activities, including responsibilities relating to: • Taxes; • Required licensing; • Required registration; • Applicable insurance; • Certifications; • Professional qualifications; • Lawful service delivery; • Childcare-related compliance; and • Other obligations imposed directly on the Sitter by Applicable Law. SitReady's Platform requirements do not replace the Sitter's responsibility to independently determine and comply with legal requirements applicable to the Sitter's activities.

The final Agreement may contain counsel-approved provisions allocating responsibility for matters arising from the Sitter's independent services, including, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law: • Legal violations; • Taxes; • Claims; • Property damage; • Bodily injury; • Confidentiality breaches; and • Other risks associated with the Sitter's independent activities. Any provisions concerning: • Indemnification; • Limitation of liability; • Arbitration; • Class-action waiver; • Governing law; • Venue; • Attorneys' fees; • Jury waiver; • Damages limitations; • Severability; or • Other formal dispute provisions must be coordinated with SitReady's Terms of Service and finalized consistently with Applicable Law.

Nothing in this Agreement is intended to prevent a Sitter from operating an independent business, serving clients outside SitReady, using other lawful platforms, or maintaining other sources of employment or income.Any restriction contained in this Agreement is intended to apply only to legitimate Platform, confidentiality, safety, payment, intellectual-property, or narrowly tailored non-circumvention obligations permitted by Applicable Law.

By accepting this Agreement, the Sitter acknowledges that:1.The Sitter intends to provide childcare services independently; 2.SitReady operates a technology marketplace rather than directly providing childcare; 3.The Sitter controls whether and when to make services available, subject to lawful Platform requirements; 4.The Sitter may accept or decline Booking opportunities; 5.SitReady does not guarantee work or earnings; 6.The Sitter is responsible for applicable taxes and independent-business expenses; 7.The Sitter must maintain accurate identity, payment, tax, qualification, and screening information; 8.The Sitter must comply with Applicable Law; 9.The Sitter must follow applicable Child-safety and Platform requirements; 10.The Sitter must protect confidential Parent and Child information; 11.The Sitter must properly cancel accepted Bookings when unable to perform them; 12.The Sitter must comply with applicable payment-provider requirements; and 13.The Sitter has no authority to bind or represent SitReady.