INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

COMPANY:		The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc. 
			d/b/a Labor Law Poster Service
			5989 West Saginaw Highway, Suite 343
			Lansing, Michigan 48917
			(referred to as “MPA”)

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INDEPENDENT 
  CONTRACTOR:	Name:		__________________________________
			Address:	__________________________________
					__________________________________
			Phone:		__________________________________	
			(referred to as the “Contractor”)

(collectively referred to as the “parties”).

	The parties agree to the following terms and conditions, effective _____________, 2009:

1.	Responsibilities of Contractor.  The Contractor’s responsibilities under this contract will involve the sales and marketing of MPA products in the following geographic areas:  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Contractor agrees that he/she will not assign any other person to perform duties undertaken under this Agreement without the advance written permission of the General Manager of MPA.

2.	Accounts.   The Contractor agrees that, in addition to its independent responsibilities to develop new accounts and customers on its own initiative on behalf MPA, he/she may be assigned existing accounts or previous customers by MPA from time to time.  

3.	Commissions and Termination.  The compensation to be paid to the Contractor under this Agreement will be computed on the following basis.  For all new customer sales initiated by the Contractor, the Contractor will be paid ______ percent (____%) of all collected amounts on all orders generated by Contractor.  For all sales to previous customers of MPA, Contractor will be paid _____ percent (_____%) of all collected amounts or orders generated by Contractor.  The commissions shall be paid on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which payment is made by the Customer of the invoice on which a commission is due, provided there are no outstanding issues relating to the payment.  In the event of an unresolved payment issue, the commission will be paid by the 20th day of the month following resolution of the payment issue.  Either party may terminate this Agreement for any reason, with a thirty (30) day written notice via certified mail, receipt requested.  The Contractor will be eligible for only the commissions due for all orders placed with MPA prior to the time of termination.  

4.	Expenses.  The Contractor will bear the expenses of fulfilling this contract, including transportation, lodging, mileage, tools and equipment.  MPA may supply promotional materials to the Contractor from time to time at no cost to the Contractor.  The only compensation to be paid under this Agreement is the commission earned as calculated in Paragraph 3.

5.	No Employment Relationship.  The Contractor understands that he/she is not employed by MPA, even though he/she will be the person responsible for performing the duties under this contract.  The parties agree and intend that the Contractor is responsible for obtaining workers’ compensation coverage or other insurance coverage that may be required by law.  The Contractor is responsible for paying all taxes, and all commissions earned by the Contractor will be reported to the IRS each year on a Form 1099.

6.	Freedom to Engage in Other Contracts.  The parties agree that the Contractor is free to undertake accounts or act as a sales representative for any other entity during the course of this Agreement, provided that he/she does so in strict compliance with the Non-Solicitation & Non-Competition Agreement entered into between the parties.  The Contractor is not committing to a specific or minimum number of hours which he/she will devote to the duties being contracted for under this Agreement.

7.	Property Belonging to Company.  When this contract is terminated for any reason, the Contractor agrees to promptly return all records, documents, posters, samples, software, disks, customer lists and computer printouts (including copies of these things), manuals, and any other device, equipment or material relating to the Company that was loaned to the Contractor for use in fulfilling responsibilities under this contract, unless the Contractor has been given written permission by MPA to retain an item.

8.	Miscellaneous.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties.  It can be amended only by a written instrument specifically referencing this Agreement and signed by the authorized representatives of the parties.  The unenforceability, invalidity, or illegality of any provision of this Agreement will not render the other provisions unenforceable, invalid or illegal.  No party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement without prior written consent of the other party.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their officers, directors, agents, successors and assigns.  The parties mutually agree each in good faith to take all steps and execute such documents reasonably necessary to carry out and otherwise put into effect the terms of this Agreement.  In the interpretation of this Agreement, it shall be construed as if it were written by the parties, with no inference or presumption claim either for or against any of the parties by virtue of who might have prepared this Agreement or any of its terms.  This Agreement shall be governed and controlled in all respects by the laws of the State of Michigan.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement, effective as of the day and year referenced above.

The Mandatory Poster Agency, Inc.
  (d/b/a Labor Law Poster Service)

By:__________________________________                                                                    
Michael Bishop
Its:	General Manager	Independent Contractor:

Sign Name:__________________________________                                                                    

Print Name:__________________________________