Terms for Employers

These Terms govern use of Lokals by employers and their authorized representatives. Lokals is a product of Benske & Co. Inc. ("Lokals," "we," "us").

What Lokals provides

Lokals helps employers identify and connect with workers who may fit a Hiring Need.

The service may include supply checks, Recommended candidates, Hiring Rooms, candidate profiles, Reveals, Pre-Interview scheduling, hiring pages and ads for your jobs, and related communication tools.

Lokals is an introduction and hiring-support platform. Lokals is not the employer, employer of record or party to any employment agreement.

Employer responsibilities

You are responsible for your final hiring decisions and for independently determining whether a candidate is suitable for employment.

This includes verifying qualifications, credentials, references, work authorization and any other requirements appropriate to the position.

Employers must comply with applicable employment, human-rights, workplace-safety, accommodation and other laws.

You may not ask Lokals to exclude, rank, filter or treat candidates differently based on characteristics prohibited by applicable human-rights law unless a lawful bona fide occupational requirement applies. Manitoba law specifically regulates discrimination in employment advertising, inquiries, evaluation and referrals.

Candidate information

Candidate information may only be used for legitimate employment-related purposes.

You may not scrape, resell, publish, distribute, build independent databases from, or use candidate information for unrelated marketing.

Candidate information should only be shared internally with people who reasonably need it for the hiring process.

Recommendations are not guarantees

"Recommended" means Lokals has identified a potential fit based on available information and the Hiring Need.

It does not mean Lokals guarantees the candidate's performance, honesty, qualifications, suitability, availability or future employment success.

Information marked Verified has been subject to the specific verification process described by Lokals. Other information may be based on information supplied by the candidate.

Credits

Employers purchase Pre-Interview credits in advance.

One credit represents one completed Pre-Interview.

Credits are Available, Held, Booked or Used. How each one works is set out in the Credit & Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms.

Revealing a candidate

To see a candidate's full name, phone number and email, you click Reveal name and contact, or ask Lokals to share their contact details.

Revealing holds one Pre-Interview credit. Once you reveal a candidate, your choice to save or pass on them is final.

If you contact a revealed candidate outside Lokals within 12 months of the Reveal, it counts as a completed Pre-Interview and the held credit is Used.

If the candidate was already in your own records before the Reveal, tell Lokals within 48 hours and give the date you first had them on file. The credit then returns to your Available balance.

Pre-Interviews

A credit is Used when the Pre-Interview takes place.

If the candidate declines or someone does not show up, the credit returns to your Available balance.

You must tell Lokals truthfully whether a Pre-Interview took place. If a Pre-Interview was booked and nothing is reported within 3 days after the meeting time, the credit is Used.

Your company on Lokals

To find workers for your jobs, Lokals may show your company name, logo, photos and a short description of your company and jobs on Lokals hiring pages and in ads for your jobs, including ads on social media. You confirm that you have the right to let Lokals use the logo and photos you give us.

Pay amounts are never shown in candidate ads or on candidate pages.

If you need your company name kept private, tell Lokals before your job is advertised. Lokals will then describe your company without naming it.

Any screening questions shown to candidates must be about real job requirements, such as licences, tickets, hours, lifting, outdoor work, travel or tools.

Payments

Prices are shown at purchase or quoted by Lokals.

Applicable taxes are additional unless expressly stated otherwise.

You represent that you are authorized to make purchases on behalf of the employer account.

No circumvention or misuse

Lokals is designed to create legitimate introductions, not sell downloadable contact lists.

Employers may not use false Hiring Needs, harvest candidate details, evade credit usage, resell access, create unauthorized accounts or otherwise circumvent the intended transaction.

Suspension

Lokals may restrict access where reasonably necessary because of suspected fraud, misuse, non-payment, unlawful hiring practices, security concerns or material breach of these Terms.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, Lokals is not liable for a candidate's actions, job performance, misrepresentations, employment relationship or an employer's hiring decision.

Lokals' aggregate liability arising from the paid service will not exceed the amount the employer paid to Lokals during the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, except where applicable law does not permit such a limitation.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Manitoba and applicable laws of Canada.

Contact

Questions about employer accounts or these Terms may be sent to support@lokals.ca.