{"id":30153,"date":"2023-03-31T00:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/blog\/?post_type=kb_article_designers&#038;p=30153"},"modified":"2023-05-16T04:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:30:42","slug":"hourly-billing-security","status":"publish","type":"kb_article_designers","link":"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/help\/designers\/hourly-billing-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Billing Security for hourly job contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We provide a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/help\/designers\/billing-security\/\" title=\"\">Billing Security<\/a><\/span><\/strong> policy for hourly job contracts that safeguards work hours on the Cad Crowd platform. The policy ensures payment protection for eligible timesheets for hourly contracts.<\/p> <hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/> <p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0000008a\"><strong>\ud83d\ude80 In this article <\/strong><\/p> <hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/> <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities covered by Billing Security policy <\/h2> <p>Requirements for the Billing Security policy on hourly job contracts:<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Active contract:<\/strong> You are currently engaged in an active hourly job contract<\/li> <li><strong>ID verification:<\/strong> Verify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/user\/settings\/details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>your ID (identification<\/strong>)<\/a> and have an &#8220;ID Verified&#8221; Badge on your profile<\/li> <li><strong>Payment:<\/strong> Collaborate with a client that has added a verified payment method<\/li> <li><strong>Account status:<\/strong> Maintain an account in good standing on Cad Crowd<\/li> <li><strong>Cad Crowd app:<\/strong> Log your billable hours and screenshots with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/help\/designers\/cad-crowd-timer-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>Cad Crowd desktop app<\/strong><\/a><\/li> <li><strong>Hourly activities:<\/strong> Add contract-associated activities for hours logged in your Work Journal<\/li> <li><strong>Memos:<\/strong> Improve your Work Journal with memos or activity tags describing the tasks carried out<\/li> <li><strong>Activity:<\/strong> Sustain reasonable work activity levels for hours logged with the app<\/li> <li><strong>Weekly limit:<\/strong> Follow the client&#8217;s weekly work limit for billable hours<\/li>\n<\/ul> <h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities not covered by the Billing Security policy<\/h2> <p>Work Journal timesheets that fail to satisfy all the eligibility requirements are excluded from the Billing Security policy. <\/p> <p>For instance, the following aren&#8217;t covered under the policy:<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Manual time:<\/strong> Hours logged with manual time entries<\/li> <li><strong>Idle time:<\/strong> Hourly timesheets with no work activity level<\/li> <li><strong>No activity\/memo:<\/strong> Hours logged without an activity memo and\/or with unclear activity descriptions for work activities<\/li> <li><strong>Hours above weekly limit:<\/strong> Hours that exceed the weekly time limit in the job contract<\/li>\n<\/ul> <p>Billing Security for hourly job contracts does not cover non-qualifying hours, such as:<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Untracked hours:<\/strong> Manual time entries may encompass milestones, bonuses, and other one-time payments.<\/li> <li><strong>Weekly retainers:<\/strong> Weekly retainers that are paid in advance and not based on hours logged with the Cad Crowd app.<\/li> <li><strong>Unverified payment:<\/strong> Payments from clients who still need to authenticate their verified payment methods.<\/li> <li><strong>Terms of service:<\/strong> Experts that breach Cad Crowd&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/page\/termsofservice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">terms of service<\/a><\/strong> or help other users violate the platform TOS.<\/li> <li><strong>Fraud:<\/strong> Cases that involve participation in fraudulent actions or exploitation of the Billing Security policy for hourly job contracts.<\/li>\n<\/ul> <p>The Billing Security policy adheres to the terms and conditions mentioned in our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadcrowd.com\/page\/termsofservice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">terms of service<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Escrow Rules<\/span><\/strong> for hourly job contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We provide a Billing Security policy for hourly job contracts that safeguards work hours on the Cad Crowd platform. 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