Advisor Terms

1. Parties and role

These Advisor Terms form a binding agreement between drchro.com (Dr.CHRO) and the advisor accepting these Advisor Terms. They apply in addition to the Platform Terms, Privacy Policy, and Acceptable Use Policy.

2. Advisor relationship status

You participate in Dr.CHRO as an independent professional. Nothing in these Advisor Terms creates an employment relationship, agency, partnership, or fiduciary relationship between you and Dr.CHRO. You are responsible for your own business operations, taxes, insurance, and statutory obligations.

Dr.CHRO does not guarantee any minimum volume of opportunities, revenue, or engagement continuity.

3. Onboarding and profile accuracy

You must provide accurate, current, and not misleading information about your identity, experience, qualifications, expertise, availability, and conflicts. Dr.CHRO may verify, review, reject, or request clarification about your profile or onboarding materials.

4. Use of advisor profile

You authorise Dr.CHRO to use your profile and participation data for matching, shortlisting, workflow decisions, and internal reporting. Public-facing use requires separate express consent.

5. Advisor obligations

You must: act professionally, lawfully, and in good faith; keep platform and client information confidential; disclose conflicts of interest; only accept work you are qualified to perform; avoid misleading statements; comply with applicable law and platform rules; and cooperate with verification, support, payout, and dispute procedures.

6. Commercial model and fees

Advisor payout entitlement arises only to the extent Dr.CHRO has recognised the engagement or milestone as payable under applicable workflow and policy rules. Dr.CHRO may deduct agreed commissions, taxes required to be withheld, reversals, or other lawful adjustments before payout. Payout timing depends on company payment, verification, completion, dispute handling, processor availability, and applicable holds.

7. Advisor-first payout framing

Dr.CHRO intends to operate payout handling on a transparent, advisor-first basis by clearly communicating payout prerequisites, hold conditions, release dependencies, and processor limitations. Payout is not guaranteed on a fixed date unless Dr.CHRO expressly commits to that in writing for a specific workflow.

8. Taxes and compliance

You are responsible for your own tax registrations, filings, and remittances. You are responsible for any taxes arising from amounts paid to you, except where Dr.CHRO is legally required to withhold or remit them.

9. Confidentiality

You must keep confidential all non-public information received through Dr.CHRO, including company information, requirement details, internal business issues, and commercial terms. You must only use that information for the relevant Dr.CHRO workflow or engagement.

10. Verification and payout onboarding

Dr.CHRO may require identity checks, bank information, and payout onboarding completion before enabling access to certain workflows or payouts. If you do not complete required steps, Dr.CHRO may restrict opportunities, withhold payouts pending completion, or suspend access.

11. Suspension and termination

Dr.CHRO may suspend or terminate your advisor participation for breach, incomplete verification, complaints, risk, misconduct, or if Dr.CHRO ceases the relevant service. Termination does not affect accrued payment rights already validly arisen, subject to lawful deductions and dispute handling.

12. Governing law

These Advisor Terms are governed by the laws of India, and disputes are subject to the forum stated in the Platform Terms.