Switching between contracting and DetaVast
Picking a model is easy as long as everything goes to plan. The question that actually matters is what happens when it does not: when a candidate is not a good fit, when the assignment grows, or when you want to switch models halfway. Below is what happens then, with the worked examples.
All amounts below exclude VAT.
What if the candidate is not a good fit?
If you or the professional concludes it is not going to work out, the hours already worked carry over to the next candidate. There is a ceiling on that: never more than half of the track you chose.
Put differently, and this is the sentence that answers the question: the new candidate always works at least half of the track themselves. On a 1,200-hour track that is always a minimum of 600 hours of their own, however often you have switched and however many hours have been worked in total.
- A 1,200-hour track, the previous candidate worked 700 hours. 600 hours carry over, because that is the ceiling. The new candidate has 600 hours to go.
- A 1,200-hour track, the previous candidate worked 300 hours. All 300 carry over. The new candidate has 900 hours to go.
- Five candidates, 2,000 hours worked between them, and you do not take the fifth on either. Still 600 hours carry over, and the sixth has 600 to go. Half the track always remains their own work.
Can I move from DetaVast back to plain contracting?
You can. The hours already worked stay as they are. What you still want to take, together with those hours, determines which tier you land in, and that rate applies to the remaining hours.
The difference over the hours you already took is not settled afterwards.
- 400 hours worked, you want to take another 300. Together that is 700 hours, so the 601 – 800 tier, so € 62.50. That rate applies to those last 300 hours.
Can I switch from contracting to DetaVast?
Always. Here too, at most half of the chosen track carries over.
If the DetaVast rate is higher than what you have been paying, we invoice that difference over the carried-over hours in one go. If it is lower, we do not refund anything: why that is, is explained below.
- 700 hours worked at € 65. You choose DetaVast 1,200 hours, rate € 70. 600 hours carry over, because that is the ceiling. Settlement: 600 × € 5 = € 3,000. The candidate then has 600 hours to go.
- The same 700 hours, but you choose DetaVast 2,000 hours, rate € 60. That is lower than the € 65 you were paying, so nothing is refunded. All 700 hours carry over, because they stay below the ceiling of 1,000. From that point € 60 applies.
What if the assignment turns out bigger or smaller than agreed?
With plain contracting we adjust upwards, not downwards. If you take 800 hours or more and it becomes 450, we settle that difference on the closing invoice. If you take 450 and it becomes 800, nothing happens: the agreed rate holds for the duration of the assignment.
If the assignment runs longer than expected, it may continue on the same terms. The price is not reset the moment you pass a tier. Reopening the agreement along the way is possible, in consultation.
We name that closing invoice here on purpose, and not somewhere in the small print. A charge you did not see coming is the fastest route to a dispute.
What changes after a year?
After a year we give the professional an hours-based contract, and a fixed term is agreed per candidate. Extending on exactly the same terms is not always possible after that. The rate stays the same.
From that point a monthly minimum applies. How high it is depends on how much you used the professional in that first year. We discuss it with you beforehand and record it in the assignment confirmation: not verbally, so that you can look it up a year from now.
All hours count towards reaching that minimum, including holiday and sick hours. Those are not invoiced.
And if I do not reach that minimum?
Then we invoice the difference, even for hours that were not worked.
That is the only place where you pay us for hours not made, which is why we state it here in plain words rather than in the small print. The professional is available to you for that year; that availability costs us money whether you use it or not.
Holiday and sickness count towards the minimum, so you are not charged for those.
Why we only settle in one direction
If you move to a model with a higher hourly rate, we invoice that difference over the carried-over hours in one go. If the new rate is lower, we do not refund anything. That is a one-sided rule, and we would rather tell you why it is there than have you find it in the small print.
A switch costs us work: a new agreement with the professional, an amended contract, different planning and a different risk. That work is not in our hourly rate, because there is little room in it. If we settled in the other direction as well, every switch would cost us money, and then we would start discouraging switches. That is exactly what we do not want: being able to switch is what makes this model worth something.
So: you can always switch, we do not charge a separate fee for it, and the only time an invoice follows is when the new model is more expensive than the old one.