Teacher payment policies

By registering as a teacher with Apprentus.com "the website", you “teacher” agree that the following terms and conditions will govern all payments made to you by students through the Apprentus system.

 

Apprentus is a marketplace for those seeking teaching services to connect with those seeking to provide teaching services. Apprentus also provides a pass-through payment processing service to its users, meaning that payments distributed to teachers originate from their students. Apprentus offers teachers a layer of protection in the collection of their funds but, if any of the following conditions are not met and Apprentus becomes unable to collect your payment from the parent, student, or other type of account-holder "student" to whom you gave a lesson, Apprentus cannot guarantee that your payment will be successfully collected, processed and distributed to you:

 - The information pertaining to the published class is accurate. This includes subject and hourly rates at student place or teacher place.

 - The lesson is delivered in-person at a mutually agreed location, the start and end time will be considered to be the times of the actual teaching lesson, not arrival and departure times to and from the class location.

 - Prior to the initial lesson being given, the student has on file with Apprentus a valid form of payment. This includes a valid credit/debit card or PayPal account. The teacher can view the status of the student's payment through the teacher's account. The requirement to verify payment information must be followed for continuing students as well as new students.

 - The teacher confirms the lesson into the Apprentus system or assesses a cancellation fee within three days of the lesson occurring. Payment for lessons entered outside of this window cannot be distributed until the lessons are approved by the student. Lessons cannot be submitted more than thirty-one days after the date of the lesson.

 - The teacher does not collect or request payment directly from the student.

 - For cancellation fees assessed to a student, the cancellation penalty is consistent with the cancellation policy publicly displayed on the website.

 

If all the conditions for guaranteeing receipt of payment for student lessons are met, teachers can expect to receive their funds according to the following schedule. If there are questions about any of the conditions, payments may be delayed while Apprentus attempts to resolve the questions.

When a student pays online for a lesson, we must pay the teacher the amount of the lesson. Our secure payment system supports several payout methods, which can be configured in the teacher’s account page. Available payout options differ by country.

Teacher is paid to his payout preference, either bank or PayPal account. Funds will be released to the teacher’s payout account two days after the lesson submission. If the second day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Bank Holiday, the payment will be released the next business day.

The time between when the funds are released by Apprentus and made available to the teacher will vary and is controlled by the teacher’s payout bank or PayPal, not by Apprentus.

 

If the teacher collect a payment directly from the student, Apprentus will invoice the teacher to collect the Apprentus’ commission. Invoices are generated once a month and available at all times under "Invoices" in the user account. They are also sent via e-mail.

The deadline for payment of invoices is 30 days from invoice date. Payment methods are described on the electronic invoice and the accompanying e-mail.

If the invoice is unpaid, the user receives a first reminder e-mail at the due date. 15 days after the expiration of an unpaid bill, he will receive a second reminder e-mail. 15 days after the second reminder, the account will be suspended.

Apprentus uses electronic invoices and payments. The duplicate of an invoice sent by post is available on request and is charged EUR 5.00 per duplicate.

 

All teachers agree to the following commission structure. Apprentus variable commission is added and rounded to the teacher own hourly rate and varies inversely with the number of hours accumulated with students through Apprentus. Use of Apprentus is completely free for the teachers.

- Teachers set their own hourly rate and may change it at any time. Non-teaching charges like travel, parking, prep time or other expenses should be incorporated into the hourly rate. Changing the default hourly rate will only affect students who contact a teacher after the time the change is made. In order to change the rate for students with prior bookings, the teacher must request a rate change via the form on the website.