Online Jobs- Conflict of Interest

Every contract or agreement has minimum two parties entering into an accord of rules and regulation accepted by both of them.

As far as online jobs are concerned it’s no different than any other contract or agreement. Most of these agreements are at present not legally binding unless it’s specifically mentioned under a contract by either of the parties. In fact, where a freelancing job over the internet is concerned, it is next to impossible to get the contract implemented in legal terms.

The two parties mentioned above in this case would be the project owner and service provider. The project owner opens a project and the service provider bids his amount and duration for the completion of the project. Once all the bids come in and the owner of the project weigh his options in terms of the competitiveness of the bidder along with the amount of the bid and selects a person to carry out the project. Once the person who is selected agrees to undertake the project the project is sealed for completion by the same person.

This is where the intricacies of the project are discussed by the two parties. The service provider has to make sure the guidelines of the project are clearly outlined by the project owner. If not there would be conflict of interest between the two.

Once the guidelines are ascertained then the project starts. Here is where the risks involved in an online job show its face. So who would decide on the completion of the project as per the guidelines? Well, we have to assume, both the parties. What if there is a disagreement? What if the project owner find that the completed project was not up to the standards set through the agreement? This is where things get complicated. The question again is who decides and what action can be taken? Can anyone force the project provider to make the payment? Is there anyway to insist that the project be redone according to the requirements?

As mentioned earlier, a legal solution is almost next to impossible. The possible way should be to be in constant touch with each other during the project work and keeping the project owner updated on the progress with the project from the beginning to the end. This would save a lot of time and effort on both sides.

If you have gone through online job sites, then you would have found in most of the forums of these sites where both sides share experiences incidences on nonpayment by project owners as well as instances where a project has been abandoned uncompleted by service providers. The correct solution for this situation is taking precautions and the best way to do this is to let the online job website act as a moderator and insist that the amount of payment be held in the website account. On successful and satisfying completion of the project, the amount would be released to the service provider’s account.

If a complication or disagreement arises the website moderates the issue fairly. So even if there are risks to taking up an online Job or providing one, there is always a solution out there to work things out.