Last updated: April 18, 2026
This Section 9 applies if you apply to or are accepted into the HeHRa advocate network ("Advocate"). It supplements, and in case of conflict controls over, the other provisions of these Terms as they relate to the Advocate relationship. Before your Advocate profile is published, you will also review and sign a separate Advocate Agreement that restates and expands on these commitments.
9.1 Independent Contractor Status.Advocates are engaged as independent contractors (1099), not employees. Advocates set their own rates, schedules, and methods of delivering services, subject only to the platform's stated requirements. HeHRa does not provide employee benefits, withhold payroll taxes, or offer unemployment insurance. Advocates are responsible for their own federal, state, and local tax filings; their own business entity (LLC, sole proprietor, or otherwise); their own business expenses; and their own benefits. Nothing in these Terms creates an employer-employee, joint-venture, partnership, or agency relationship.
9.2 Professional Liability Insurance.Each Advocate must maintain active professional liability (Errors & Omissions) insurance covering HR consulting services. Proof of active coverage is required before the Advocate's profile is published and on each renewal date thereafter. HeHRa does not give insurance advice and does not recommend specific carriers; the choice of carrier, coverage limit, and deductible is the Advocate's.
9.3 Scope — Not Legal Advice.Advocates deliver strategic HR advocacy, session preparation, document review, and workplace guidance. Advocates do not provide legal advice or legal representation and do not hold themselves out as attorneys. When a situation crosses into legal territory (potential discrimination claims with litigation exposure, wage disputes requiring formal filing, contract disputes, retaliation with legal exposure), the Advocate must refer the client to a licensed employment attorney and document the referral.
9.4 Payments via Stripe Connect; Founding-Period Fee Structure.Payouts to Advocates are processed through Stripe Connect. By accepting an Advocate role, you authorize HeHRa to create, and you agree to complete, a Stripe Connect Express or Custom account in your name or the name of your business entity. Stripe's Connected Account Agreement and Services Agreement apply to your use of Stripe Connect. Founding-cohort Advocates keep 100% of their stated rate for the three (3) months following their first completed booking. HeHRa will disclose the standard platform fee in writing at least thirty (30) days before the end of the no-fee window, and you may terminate your participation at that point without penalty beyond any sessions already booked.
9.5 Credential Verification.By submitting an Advocate application, you represent that the information you provide (including professional history, certifications, and employer disclosures) is accurate and complete. You authorize HeHRa to verify the information you submit, including by (a) contacting references, (b) reviewing uploaded credential files (certificates, licenses, transcripts), (c) reviewing your public professional profiles, and (d) where appropriate and with your further written consent, ordering third-party background or credential checks. You may withdraw consent to further verification at any time by emailing advocates@hehra.com, but doing so may result in withdrawal of your application or termination of your Advocate account.
9.6 Conflicts of Interest.Advocates must disclose at application any current HR employer, other corporate consulting clients, board positions in workplace-related businesses, ownership interests in HR-tech vendors, and any other relationship that would create a real or apparent conflict of interest. HeHRa's matching system will automatically exclude an Advocate's disclosed current employer (and other disclosed corporate clients) from the Advocate's client-matching pool. Advocates must notify HeHRa within fourteen (14) days if they change employers, take on a new corporate consulting client, or acquire any new position that would trigger an additional exclusion.
9.7 Confidentiality.Advocates must hold everything shared in a HeHRa session in strict confidence. This includes the fact that the session occurred, the client's identity, the contents of any document shared, and all derivative notes or recordings. Advocates may not share client specifics with peers, coaches, mentors, on social media, in anonymized case studies, or with their own consulting clients. This obligation survives termination of the Advocate relationship and survives deletion of the Advocate's account. Confidentiality does not prevent an Advocate from reporting suspected criminal activity to appropriate authorities or from responding to a lawful subpoena; Advocates must notify HeHRa in writing before responding to any subpoena relating to platform activity, unless prohibited by law.
9.8 Intellectual Property and Work Product.Advocates retain ownership of their general know-how, templates, and methods developed independently of HeHRa. Session-specific work product produced for a client (for example, a severance counter-offer draft, a PIP response plan, or a written document review) is delivered to and owned by the client, with an unrestricted license to HeHRa to store, transmit, and display that work product as necessary to operate the Service. Advocates grant HeHRa a limited, royalty-free license to use the Advocate's name, professional photo, bio, and public credentials for the operation and promotion of the platform, subject to Section 9.9.
9.9 Non-Solicitation of HeHRa Clients; No Non-Compete.HeHRa does not impose a non-compete on Advocates. Advocates may maintain their own independent consulting practice alongside HeHRa. During the Advocate relationship and for six (6) months afterward, Advocates agree not to use a HeHRa session to divert or solicit HeHRa clients to the Advocate's own outside practice for the specific workplace situation that brought the client to HeHRa. Ongoing client relationships initiated outside HeHRa's platform, and general-purpose outside consulting that does not rely on HeHRa-surfaced client relationships, are not restricted.
9.10 Code of Conduct.Advocates agree to: (a) respond to booking requests within twenty-four (24) hours on weekdays, (b) honor sessions once accepted, (c) produce a clear next-action summary for every session, (d) refer out when a situation exceeds the Advocate's scope, (e) not use an employer's email, devices, or work hours to deliver HeHRa services, and (f) not represent themselves as a HeHRa advocate in contexts outside the platform without HeHRa's prior written agreement.
9.11 Termination of the Advocate Relationship.Either HeHRa or the Advocate may terminate the Advocate relationship at any time and for any reason, with or without notice, by written notice (including email) to the other party. HeHRa may immediately suspend or terminate the Advocate relationship for (a) material breach of these Terms or the Advocate Agreement, (b) lapse of professional liability insurance, (c) credible allegations of misconduct, (d) falsified application information, or (e) any other conduct HeHRa reasonably determines would harm clients or the platform. On termination, HeHRa will close the Advocate's profile to new bookings; the Advocate will complete any already-booked sessions in good faith unless HeHRa instructs otherwise in writing; and the Advocate's confidentiality, non-solicitation, and indemnification obligations survive.
9.12 California and Contractor-Classification Jurisdictions.If you are a California resident or reside in a jurisdiction with similar contractor-classification rules (including AB5 and its successors), HeHRa relies in good faith on applicable statutory exemptions available to professional-services marketplaces, and on the Advocate's written acknowledgment of independent-contractor status captured during the application process. You acknowledge that HeHRa does not control the manner or means by which you perform services, that you are free to work with other platforms and clients, and that you are not integrated into HeHRa's core business as an employee-equivalent.