Contract review for recruitment agencies
Clients send you contracts, PSAs, and amended Terms of Business every week. Vern reviews every one in minutes so you know exactly what you’re agreeing to before you sign.
Clients send you contracts every week — you can’t afford to miss what’s in them
Every new client sends their own terms. PSAs, amended ToB, master vendor contracts — most agencies don’t have in-house legal, so they get signed without proper review. Transfer fees reduced. Rebate periods extended. Liability caps removed. You only find out when it costs you.
Vern was built for this. Upload what the client sends you and get a risk report in minutes. We’re also the only AI contract review tool with a dedicated recruitment playbook out of the box — no configuration needed to get started.
Built for the contracts clients send you
Upload whatever the client sends. Get a risk report your team can act on before signing. No legal training required.
Client contract review
Upload the contract a client has sent you — their PSA, their amended ToB, their master vendor terms — and get a full risk report in minutes. Every clause classified with traffic-light ratings so your team knows what they’re being asked to agree to.
Transfer fee protection
Vern flags when client contracts weaken, cap, or remove transfer fee protections. Know immediately if what you’re being asked to sign would leave your revenue exposed on temp-to-perm conversions.
Recruitment playbook built in
Vern is the only AI contract review tool with a dedicated recruitment playbook out of the box. Transfer fees, rebate periods, liability caps, restrictive covenants — all pre-configured for how recruitment agencies actually operate. Customise it further to match your specific positions.
Learn about playbooksVern Score enforceability
Independent assessment of whether the clauses in a client’s contract would actually hold up under UK law. Know if the restrictive covenants protecting your candidates would survive a challenge — before you rely on them.
Learn about Vern ScoreAsk Vern
Draft pushback emails and negotiation points grounded in the specific contract a client has sent you. Get practical language to challenge the clauses that don’t work for your agency — ready to send straight back.
Learn about Ask VernContracts clients send you that Vern reviews
Upload whatever lands in your inbox. Get a risk report your team can act on before signing.
Common risks Vern catches in recruitment contracts
These risks hide in the contracts clients send you. Vern surfaces them before you sign.
Transfer fee clauses weakened or removed
Client contracts often reduce or eliminate transfer fees — the mechanism that protects your revenue when a temp-to-perm conversion happens. Vern flags any terms that weaken transfer fee periods, amounts, or triggering conditions so you catch it before you agree.
Extended rebate periods
Client terms often push rebate periods to 12 weeks or longer — well beyond the industry standard of 4–8 weeks. Extended rebates increase your financial exposure on every placement. Vern highlights rebate terms that exceed your accepted position.
Unlimited liability / missing caps
Contracts sent by clients often remove or weaken liability caps, leaving your agency exposed to claims that far exceed the placement fee. Vern flags uncapped liability and disproportionate caps the moment you upload the document.
Restrictive covenants stripped out
Non-solicitation and non-dealing clauses protect your candidate relationships. Client contracts sometimes remove or narrow these protections entirely. Vern catches when the terms you’re being asked to sign leave your candidate relationships unprotected.
Review your first contract
in minutes
Start free. Upload the contract a client has sent you and see exactly where the risk sits.