FreelanceLife strives to provide a safe place to work online.  All members of FreelanceLife are expected to conduct themselves professionally and to adhere to the policies established in the Terms of Service.  Below are some high-level policies that all members should be aware of:

Policies for posting jobs:

If a job is found to be in violation of any of FreelanceLife’s polices, it will be removed from the site.  The removed job is counted toward the employer’s ratio of posted to awarded jobs, but the employer is free to repost the job if the violation is corrected.

Common reasons why a job positng is removed from FreelanceLife:

• Does not meet FreelanceLife’s budget minimums.
• Violates the Terms of Service of another company or entity.
• Asks providers to submit unpaid, custom sample work to be considered for hire.
• Contains adult-related content.
• Payment is based on commission or equity compensation.
• Violates the integrity of an academic institution, including doing homework, writing school papers, taking tests or submitting applications.
  

When submitting a proposal, a provider cannot:

• Offer their services below the stated budget
  
• Offer their services for free
• Use unprofessional language and/or harass another Freelancelife member
• Offer to receive payment outside of the FreelanceLife Billing & Payment System
• Use a Public Message Board to list any contact information or marketing messages in lieu of submitting a proposal
• Submit a placeholder proposal

 Policies for posting your profile

A provider’s profile cannot contain:

• Offers for free services
• Offers for services that are against the Terms of Service of FreelanceLife or of another company or entity
• Any text that is copied from another provider’s profile
• Any work sample to which the profile owner does not have legal rights or ownership

FreelanceLife will suspend or terminate members who violate its policies.

• For job posting violations, the post will be removed from the site. Repeated policy violations will result in the termination of the account.