Team Member & Subcontractor Non-Solicitation / Recruitment Policy

A2Z Cleaning & Linen Services invests substantial time and resources in recruiting, screening, onboarding, training, scheduling, managing, and retaining qualified employees and subcontractors. This guideline protects that investment and preserves the reliable service our clients expect.

By engaging A2Z for services, the client agrees not to directly or indirectly solicit, recruit, hire, employ, contract with, or otherwise engage any current A2Z employee or subcontractor who was introduced to the client, assigned to the client's property, or provided services to the client through A2Z.

This restriction applies during the client's relationship with A2Z and for 12 months following the later of:

• the client's last date of service with A2Z, or
• the individual's last date of providing A2Z services to the client.

This policy also prohibits circumventing A2Z by engaging a team member through another business, contractor, property manager, individual, or other third party for substantially similar cleaning, linen, laundry, property-support, or related services.

If a client wishes to directly hire, employ, contract with, or otherwise engage an A2Z employee or subcontractor during the restricted period, the client must first obtain written authorization from A2Z and pay a recruitment and placement fee equal to the greater of:

• $5,000 per individual; or
• 25% of the individual's estimated first-year gross compensation.

Estimated first-year compensation includes reasonably anticipated wages, salary, contract payments, or other compensation associated with the services the individual is being engaged to perform.

The recruitment fee is intended to reasonably compensate A2Z for its investment in recruiting, screening, onboarding, training, administration, scheduling, workforce development, and the cost of recruiting and preparing a replacement team member.

If a client solicits, hires, contracts with, or otherwise engages an A2Z employee or subcontractor without obtaining prior written authorization from A2Z, the applicable recruitment and placement fee will become immediately due and payable. The fee applies per employee or subcontractor engaged.

Payment of the applicable recruitment fee does not waive any outstanding invoices or other amounts owed to A2Z.

Nothing in this policy is intended to restrict an individual's lawful right to work. Rather, this provision establishes the agreed commercial terms between A2Z and its client when the client directly benefits from personnel recruited, screened, trained, introduced, or supplied by A2Z. A2Z reserves all rights and remedies available under the applicable service agreement and law in the event of unauthorized solicitation, recruitment, or engagement.