UnionUp Pty Ltd ACN 682 641 989 (“we”, “us”, “our”</span >
and “UnionUp” ) operates the website
‘www.unionup.io’ (“Site”) and each
UnionUp mobile application
(“Application”).
You confirm that you accept these Terms and Conditions and that you
confirm to be bound by them as a User upon the earlier of you:
accessing or using the Platform; or
otherwise acknowledging that you accept these Terms and
Conditions and agree to be bound by them.
These Terms and Conditions were last updated on, and are current as
of, 1 March 2025.
Definitions
Unless otherwise defined in these Terms and Conditions, capitalised terms in these Terms and
Conditions have the meaning given to them as follows:
“Application” has the meaning given to
that term in clause 1.1;
“Associated Entities” has the same
meaning as in section 50AAA of the
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
“Australian Consumer Law” means Schedule
2 to the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth);
“Business Day” means a day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Sydney, New South Wales;
“Claim” means all actions, suits, causes
of action, arbitrations, claims, demands, proceedings, complaints
and objections in respect of any debts, dues, costs, expenses,
obligations, liabilities, interest, verdicts, orders or judgments
either at law or in equity, whether based in contract, tort
(including negligence), statute or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the matters giving rise to those claims are known to the
parties as at the date of these Terms and Conditions;
“Content Standards” means the content
standards and requirements of the Platform set out in clause 11;
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all
intellectual property rights of any kind in any jurisdiction
anywhere in the world (including, without limitation, trade marks,
patents, inventions, copyright and related rights, know-how, trade
secrets, business names and domain names, rights in get-up, goodwill
and the right to sue for passing off, designs, rights in designs and
unregistered designs, datasets and confidential information),
whether registered or unregistered and whether protectable or not,
and including the rights to apply for or renew the registration of
any such rights and any rights the subject of any lapsed application
or registration;
“Law” means:
any and all acts, subordinate legislation, ordinances,
regulations, by-laws, local laws, orders and proclamations of
any federal, state, or local government;
any direction, rules, request, requirement, order or finding of
any regulatory authority or governmental authority;
common law; and
equity,
in each case in any jurisdiction worldwide, and includes any
international laws;
“Loss” means any loss, cost, expense
(including legal costs and expenses), damage or liability (including
any fine or penalty) whether present or future, fixed or
unascertained, actual or contingent;
“Monthly Delegate Fee” means the Monthly
User Fee attributable to Delegates from time to time in accordance
with these Terms and Conditions;
“Monthly Organiser Fee” means the
Monthly User Fee attributable to an Organiser from time to time in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
“Monthly Safety Representative Fee”
means the Monthly User Fee attributable to Safety Representatives
from time to time in accordance with these Terms and Conditions;
“Monthly Subscription Fee” means the
monthly subscription fee payable by each Union for its Union Users
as calculated in accordance with clause 6.4;
“Monthly User Fee” has the meaning given to that term in clause 6.1;
“Moral Right” has the meaning given to
that term in Part IX of the
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), and includes
any similar rights capable of protection under the laws of any
jurisdiction;
"Organiser” means any Union User that is
an Organiser (Admin) or an Organiser (Non-Admin);
“Personal Information” has the same
meaning as in the
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and includes any
other similar information or an opinion about an individual under
any other Privacy Law;
“Platform” means each of the following,
whether individually, collectively or any combination of them (as
the context requires):
the Site; and
any Application;
“Platform Content” means any data,
content, information, uploads or other materials (in any form) that
is Posted on or through the Platform, whether provided by us, you,
any other User or any other third party, and includes User
Contributions;
“Post” means to post, submit, publish,
display, message, transmit or otherwise make available;
“Privacy Laws” means each of the
following:
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth); and
any other Law, rule or guideline relating to data protection,
privacy or the handling of Personal Information in force in any
jurisdiction applicable to the parties;
“Respective Organiser” means, in respect
of a Union User, the Organiser (Admin) appointed to the relevant
Union;
“Seat” means the number of each User
Category that a Union has added to its subscription whether or not
those seats have been filled by the Union with a user.
“Site” has the meaning given to that
term in clause 1.1;
“Software Code” means the software code
of the Platform (and all associated user interfaces, websites and
other digital media), including the object code, the intermediate
code and the source code;
“Terms and Conditions” means these terms
and conditions governing your access and use of the Platform (as
amended from time to time in accordance with these Terms and
Conditions);
“Third Party Intellectual Property” has
the meaning given to that term in clause 10.1;
“Third Party Content” has the meaning
given to that term in clause 8.1(a);
“Third Party Links” has the meaning
given to that term in clause 8.1(a);
“Union” means any organisation of
employees that is registered under the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009</span >
(Cth), under any equivalent or similar Australian State or Territory
legislation or under any equivalent or similar legislation in any
non-Australian jurisdiction, and may include any branch, division,
or other part of such organisations;
“UnionUp Intellectual Property” has the
meaning given to that term in clause 10.1;
“UnionUp Group” means each of the
following (whether individually, collectively or any combination of
them, as the context requires):
us;
our Associated Entities; and
each officer, employee, contractor, consultant, agent and
representative of:
UnionUp; or
any Associated Entity of UnionUp;
“UnionUp Group Member” means each member
of the UnionUp Group;
“UnionUp Licensee” means each UnionUp
Group Member and their respective service providers, licensees and
nominees;
means, in respect of a Union, each User
that is appointed to that Union as:
a Delegate;
a Safety Representative;
a Delegate/Safety Representative;
an Organiser (Non-Admin); or
an Organiser (Admin),
but excludes any User that accesses and uses the Platform as a
Worker;
“User” means any person who access
and/or uses the Platform, including you;
“User Category” means each of the
following categories of Users as specified on the Platform;
a “Worker”;
a “Delegate”;
a “Safety Representative”;
a “Delegate/Safety Representative”,
being a User that is assigned as both as a Delegate and as a
Safety Representative for their respective Union;
an “Organiser (Non-Admin)”; and
an “Organiser (Admin)”;
“User Contribution” has the meaning
given to that term in clause 9.1;
“you” means the person who accepts these
Terms and Conditions and agrees to be bound by them in accordance
with clause 1.2;
“Your Intellectual Property” has the
meaning given to that term in clause 10.1;
“Your Union” means the Union to which
you are appointed on the Platform; and
“Your User Contribution” means User
Contributions that you Post on or through the Platform.
Eligibility to use the Platform
The Platform is directed to persons who are at least 18 years old
and are residing in and using the Platform within Australia.
We do not warrant or represent that any Platform Content is
appropriate to be accessed or used:
by any person who is not at least 18 years old; or
from, or available in, any location other than Australia.
If you access or use the Platform from outside Australia, you agree
that:
you access and use the Platform at your sole risk; and
you are solely responsible for complying with all Laws
applicable to your access and use of the Platform from your
location.
Users Categories
Upon signing up to the Platform you will be appointed as a Worker
unless you are appointed as a Union User by Your Union.
You acknowledge that your User Category may be varied from time to
time in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, including by
your Respective Organiser under clause 5.
The scope of any Platform access, features, services and
functionalities (“Platform Access”) granted to each User Category
will be determined by us from time to time.
Subject to clause 4.5, if we intend to vary your Platform Access in
a manner that will materially reduce your Platform Access then:
we will use reasonable endeavours to notify you of the proposed
variation to your Platform Access prior to the variation taking
effect or at least as soon as reasonably practicable after the
variation takes effect; and
if you are a Union User, we will also notify your Respective
Organiser of the proposed variation to your Platform Access
prior to the variation taking effect.
If you are a Union User and Your Union fails to pay us any amount
under these Terms and Conditions by the due date for the respective
payment, then we may (in our sole absolute discretion and without
prior notice to you) immediately reappoint you as a Worker and
reduce your Platform Access so that you have the Platform Access
granted to a Worker until such time as Your Union pays us the amount
due and payable in full or as we otherwise determine to reinstate
your initial User Category.
If you are a Union User and Your Union ceases to be a Union, becomes
insolvent or otherwise ceases to operate its business
(“Non-Operational Event"), then we may (in our sole absolute
discretion and without prior notice to you) immediately reappoint
you as a Worker and reduce your Platform Access so that you have the
Platform Access granted to a Worker until such time as the
Non-Operational Event is rectified (if at all).
Organiser (Admin)
This clause 5 applies if at any time you are an Organiser (Admin).
Despite any other clause in these Terms and Conditions, you
acknowledge and agree that:
you becoming or being appointed as an Organiser (Admin) may be
subject to our prior approval; and
we may (in our sole absolute discretion) refuse you becoming or
being appointed as an Organiser (Admin) for any reason.
By you confirming that you accept these Terms and Conditions and
that you are bound by them Your Union agrees to be bound by the
obligations imposed on it under these Terms and Conditions,
including Your Union’s obligation to pay the Monthly Subscription
Fee.
Subject to clause 4.3, your Platform Access may include you being
able to do any of the following from time to time whilst you are an
Organiser (Admin):
appoint any User as a Union User for Your Union;
vary the User Category of any Union User for Your Union; and/or
revoke any User’s appointment as a Union User for Your Union.
You must not do any act or thing contemplated by clause 5.4 without
the prior consent of Your Union.
You warrant and represent that:
you have provided Your Union with a copy of these Terms and
Conditions;
Your Union has read and understands these Terms and Conditions
and agrees to be bound by any obligations imposed on it under
these Terms and Conditions, including Your Union’s obligation to
pay the Monthly Subscription Fee;
you have notified Your Union of the Monthly User Fee in force
from time to time;
you have the authority to provide us, and Your Union has agreed
to you providing us, with Your Union’s credit card and other
payment details for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions,
and that such credit card and other payment details are true and
accurate;
Your Union has agreed to you being an Organiser (Admin) for that
Union; and
you have obtained Your Union’s prior consent to you doing any
act or thing contemplated by clause 5.4.
Monthly Subscription Fee
The Platform will specify, or we will otherwise notify Users and
Unions of, a monthly fee attributable to each User Category
(“Monthly User Fee”) which will be
payable by the Unions in accordance with this clause 6.
From time to time, we may vary the Monthly User Fee for any User
Category for any Union where:
we provide prior written notice of the variation to the relevant
Union; and
the variation only takes effect on the first day of any given
calendar month.
In consideration for the Union Users accessing and using the
Platform, each Union must pay us the Monthly Subscription Fee on the
first day of each calendar month.
The Monthly Subscription Fee payable by a Union for any given
calendar month will be calculated as the sum of the following
amounts (expressed as a positive dollar value):
the total number of Delegate Seats the Union has added to its
subscription as at the last day of the previous calendar month
multiplied by the Monthly Delegate
Fee specified on the Platform on the last day of the previous
calendar month; plus
the total number of Safety Representative Seats the Union has
added to its subscription as at the last day of the previous
calendar month multiplied by the
Monthly Safety Representative Fee specified on the Platform on
the last day of the previous calendar month; plus
the total number of Delegates & Safety Representative Seats the
Union has added to its subscription as at the last day of the
previous calendar month
multiplied by the Monthly Delegates
& Safety Representative Fee specified on the Platform on the
last day of the previous calendar month; plus
the total number of Organiser Seats the Union has added to its
subscription as at the last day of the previous calendar month
multiplied by the Monthly Organiser
Fee specified on the Platform on the last day of the previous
calendar month.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Monthly User Fee is attributable to
a Union User’s access and use of the Platform in its entirety and
for a given month will only be charged once in respect of a Union
User that access and uses more than one component of the Platform
during that month (being the Site and/or any Application or more
than one Application).
Each Union may pay its Monthly Subscription Fees by using any
payment method specified on the Platform from time to time.
Linking to the Platform
You may link to any page of the Platform on another website or
application, provided that:
you do so in a way that is lawful and does not and does not
damage our reputation or take advantage of it;
you do not establish the link in a manner that suggests, or is
likely to suggest, any form of association, approval or
endorsement on our part where none exists; and
the website or application in which you are linking complies in
all respects with the Content Standards.
You must not frame or mirror the Platform on any other website or
application.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
If you wish to link to the Platform other than as set out above,
please contact us.
We are not responsible for material posted to the
Platform</span >
You acknowledge and agree that:
from time to time the Platform may contain:
links to other websites and/or applications (including
banner advertisements and sponsored links), content,
information and other materials Posted by other Users or
third parties
(“Third Party Links”); and
data, content, information and other materials uploaded by
other Users (such as User Contributions) and other third
parties, including sponsor and advertisers,(“Third Party
Content”)</span >;
Third Party Links and Third Party Content may include sponsored
content, including third party advertisements and marketing
materials;
unless expressly stated otherwise by us:
we have not verified or approved any Third Party Links or
Third Party Content;
the views expressed by other Users or third parties through
Third Party Content do not represent our views or values and
are not endorsed by us; and
we do not endorse any website or application accessible
through a Third Party Link, the goods or services provided
at those websites or applications or by the organisations
promoting those websites or applications;
it is your responsibility to assess the accuracy of any Platform
Content, except for any Platform Content that is Posted by us
(which is our responsibility);
your use and access of any Third Party Links is at your sole
risk;
your use and access of, and reliance on, any Third Party Content
is at your sole risk; and
you are responsible for any transactions, disputes or other
dealings between you and any other User.
We make no warranty or representation that any Platform Content
(including any Third Party Links and any Third Party Content):
is correct, accurate or reliable; or
complies with these Terms and Conditions (including the Content
Standards).
User-generated content
The Platform may contain comment threads, personal or Union web
pages or profiles, bulletin boards and other interactive features
from time to time that allow Users to Post data, content,
information, uploads or other materials (“User Contributions”) to
Unions and other Users on or through the Platform.
You will retain all rights, title and interest in and to Your User
Contributions.
You acknowledge and agree that:
Your User Contributions are non-confidential and
non-proprietary; and
you are solely responsible for securing and backing up Your User
Contributions.
Any User Contribution may be collected and stored by us in
accordance with our ordinary business practices and applicable Laws
(including in accordance with clause 18).
We may, in our sole absolute discretion:
from time to time review any User Contribution to ensure that it
complies with these Terms and Conditions (including the Content
Standards); and
remove, refuse to Post or take any other action with respect to
any User Contribution that we determine (acting reasonably)
breaches these Terms and Conditions (including the Content
Standards).
Notwithstanding clause 9.5(a), you should not consider that any User
Contribution has been reviewed or approved by us and we make no
warranty or representation that any User Contribution complies with
these Terms and Conditions (including the Content Standards).
You represent and warrant that:
at all times all of Your User Contributions do and will comply
with these Terms and Conditions, including (without limitation)
the Content Standards; and
you understand and acknowledge that:
you are solely responsible for Your User Contributions,
including the legality, reliability, accuracy and
appropriateness of such User Contributions; and
to the maximum extent permitted by Law, we are not
responsible or liable to any person (including you, other
Users and other third parties) for the content or accuracy
of any Third Party Content.
If you wish to complain about any Third Party Content, including
User Contributions, please contact us.
Intellectual Property Rights
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions the term:
“Third Party Intellectual Property”
means, in respect of any third party (including any other User):
all Platform Content posted by that third party; and
all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in or forming
part of the Platform Content Posted by that third party;
“UnionUp Intellectual Property”
means:
all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in or
forming part of the Platform and the Platform Content,
except for any Third Party Intellectual Property and
Your Intellectual Property; and
all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in or
forming part of the Software Code; and
“Your Intellectual Property” means:
Your User Contributions; and
all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in or
forming part of Your User Contributions.
The parties acknowledge and agree that:
the UnionUp Group owns the UnionUp Intellectual Property;
the Third Party Intellectual Property is owned by third parties;
you own Your Intellectual Property; and
nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions intends to or
will constitute a transfer of:
any right, title and interest in and to the UnionUp
Intellectual Property from the UnionUp Group to you or any
third party;
any right, title and interest in and to Your Intellectual
Property from you to us or any third party; or
any right, title and interest in and to any Third Party
Intellectual Property from the relevant owner of that Third
Party Intellectual Property to you.
Upon Posting Your Intellectual Property on or through the Platform,
you grant each UnionUp Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-free,
worldwide, perpetual licence to use, reproduce, modify, perform,
display, distribute, disclose to third parties (including to other
Users) and otherwise deal with Your Intellectual Property for:
the purposes of any UnionUp Licensee doing any act or thing in
connection with the Platform, including operating, managing,
updating or promoting the Platform;
the purposes of any UnionUp Licensee doing any act or thing
required or permitted by these Terms and Conditions; and
any other lawful purposes.
Without limitation to clause 10.3, you grant each UnionUp Licensee a
perpetual right to grant any other User a non-exclusive,
royalty-free, worldwide, revocable sub-licence to use Your
Intellectual Property for:
any period where they are a User of the Platform; and
the sole purpose of that User accessing and using the Platform
in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
We grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, revocable
sub-licence to use the Third Party Intellectual Property owned by
all other Users for:
any period where you are a User of the Platform; and
the sole purpose of you accessing and using the Platform in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
We grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, revocable
licence to use the UnionUp Intellectual Property for:
any period where you are a User of the Platform; and
the sole purpose of you accessing and using the Platform in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
We may Post UnionUp Intellectual Property and Third Party
Intellectual Property on the Platform from time to time, including
registered or unregistered trade marks owned by the UnionUp Group or
any third party.
Without limitation to clauses 10.5 and 10.6, you must not modify,
commercialise or adapt any UnionUp Intellectual Property or Third
Party Intellectual Property without the prior written consent of the
relevant owner.
You acknowledge and agree that:
you waive any and all of your Moral Rights in Your Intellectual
Property; and
you consent to each UnionUp Licensee and other User doing any
act or thing in connection with these Terms and Conditions
(including the Platform) that does or may infringe any or all of
your Moral Rights in Your Intellectual Property.
For the avoidance of doubt, we do not waive the Moral Rights of any
UnionUp Group Member that subsist in or form part of the UnionUp
Intellectual Property.
You represent and warrant that:
you own all the rights, title and interest in and to Your
Intellectual Property; and
you have the right to grant the licences and rights under this
clause 10.
Content Standards
The Content Standards in clauses 11.2 to 11.4 apply to any and all
User Contributions.
User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable
Laws.
Without limitation to clause 11.2, you must ensure that Your User
Contributions do not:
contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, abhorrent,
indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful,
inflammatory, sexual or pornographic or otherwise objectionable;
contain discrimination based on race, sex, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other
protected attribute under Australian discrimination law;
infringe any Intellectual Property Rights of any other person
(including any other User);
violate the legal rights (including the rights of privacy) of
others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil
or criminal liability under any applicable Laws or that
otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms and Conditions;
be knowingly incorrect or likely to mislead or deceive any
person;
promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any
unlawful act;
cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety or be likely
to upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
impersonate or attempt to impersonate or misrepresent your
identity or affiliation with any person, including any UnionUp
Group Member, any other User, a Union to which you are not
appointed or any other person or entity (including, without
limitation, by using email addresses associated with any of the
foregoing);
involve contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter
or advertising;
transmit, or procures the sending of, any advertising or
promotional material without our prior written consent,
including any junk mail, chain letter or spam or any other
similar solicitation; or
give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by
the UnionUp Group or any other person or entity, if this is not
the case.
You must comply with the Content Standards at all times in
connection with your access and use of the Platform, including
(without limitation) whenever you use a feature that allows you to
Post to the Platform or you engage with other Users or Unions.
If Your User Contributions breach the Content Standards then:
we may report the relevant activities relating to the breach to
the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate
with those authorities by disclosing your identity and Your User
Contributions to them; and/or
we may terminate these Terms and Conditions in accordance with
clause 17.3(d).
Prohibited uses of the Platform
You may use the Platform only in accordance with:
all applicable Laws; and
these Terms and Conditions.
Without limitation to clause 12.1, you agree not to, and agree to
not authorise, abet, aid, encourage or incite any other person to:
breach these Terms and Conditions (including the Content
Standards);
send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any
material which does not comply with the Content Standards;
engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any
person’s use or enjoyment of the Platform, or which, as
determined by us (acting reasonably), may harm any UnionUp Group
Member or other Users or expose any of them to liability;
use the Platform in any manner that could disable, overburden,
damage, or impair the Platform or interfere with any person’s
use of the Platform, including their ability to engage in real
time activities through the Platform;
use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or
means to access the Platform for any purpose, including
monitoring or copying any of the material on the Platform;
use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the Platform
Content (other than Your User Contributions) for any
unauthorised purpose without our prior written consent;
use any automatic or manual process to reverse engineer or
decompile any part of the Platform;
use any device, software or routine that interferes with the
proper working of the Platform;
introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs,
spyware, computer code, file, program or material which is
malicious or technologically harmful;
attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, damage
or disrupt any parts of the Platform, the server on which the
Platform is stored, or any server, computer or database
connected to the Platform;
access or interfere with the Software Code;
attack the Platform via a denial-of-service attack or a
distributed denial-of-service attack;
otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the
Platform;
do any act or thing in connection with accessing and using the
Platform that:
does, or is likely to, defame any person (including any
other User or any Union);
infringes, or is likely to, infringe the Intellectual
Property Rights of any person (including any UnionUp
Intellectual Property and any Third Party Intellectual
Property); or
is or is likely to otherwise contravene any applicable Law,
including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
If you breach this clause 12 then:
we may report the relevant activities relating to the breach to
the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate
with those authorities by disclosing your identity and Your User
Contributions to them; and/or
we may terminate these Terms and Conditions in accordance with
clause 17.3(d).
Disclaimers and limitation of liability
You acknowledge and agree that (unless expressly stated otherwise in
these Terms and Conditions):
your use of the Platform is entirely at your own risk;
the Platform is never entirely free from security
vulnerabilities, defects, viruses, errors, bugs, malfunctions
and interruptions;
we may update or upgrade the Platform from time to time;
you are responsible for configuring your technology to access
the Platform and you are responsible for procuring, managing and
maintaining your own antivirus software;
the Platform is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis,
and we make no representations or warranties, express or
implied, regarding the operation, performance, reliability or
availability of the Platform;
we make no warranty or representation that:
the Platform will be suitable for your purposes or, if you
are an Organiser (Admin), for the purposes of Your Union;
the Platform will be wholly free from security
vulnerabilities, defects, viruses, errors, bugs,
malfunctions and interruptions;
the use or access of the Platform by any User will not give
rise to any legal or financial liability on the part of that
User or the Union to which that User is appointed; or
any content, data, information or other materials Posted by
any person on or through the Platform (including by us or
any Third Party Content) is true, accurate or complete;
we are not responsible for the failure or non-availability of
the Platform where such failure or non-availability is caused by
any act, omission or event beyond our reasonable control, and
any consequential inability of you to use or access the Platform
will not affect our right to receive any amounts due to us in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
You acknowledge and agree that, subject to clauses 13.3 and 13.4 and
to the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will any UnionUp
Group Member be liable (including under these Terms and Conditions)
to you or Your Union, and you forever release and discharge each
UnionUp Group Member, for any:
liability, losses or damages suffered, incurred or expended by
you or that Union in connection with:
use and access of the Platform;
you inability to use or access the Platform;
any act or omission of any other User or Union in connection
with the Platform;
you accessing any websites or other platforms made available
through Third Party Links;
you relying on or otherwise using any Platform Content
Posted on or through the Platform by any third party;
the loss or destruction of Your User Contributions as
permitted or required under these Terms and Conditions or
due to any event beyond the reasonable control of the
UnionUp Group;
us suspending, withdrawing, restricting or permanently
deactivating the Platform in accordance with these Terms and
Conditions;
your Respective Organiser appointing you as a Union User,
varying your User Category or revoking your appointment as a
Union User; or
you engaging with any other Users or Unions; or
indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss or punitive
damages suffered, incurred or expended by you or Your Union,
including pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of
revenue, loss of profits, loss of business or anticipated
savings, loss of use and loss of goodwill howsoever arising.
Clause 13.2 will not apply to the extent that the liability, loss or
damage suffered, incurred or expended by you or Your Union is caused
or contributed by:
any fraudulent, negligent or unlawful act or omission of any
member of the UnionUp Group;
any wilful misconduct of any UnionUp Group Member; or
a breach of these Terms and Conditions by us.
Subject to clause 13.5, we make no warranties or representations in
connection with these Terms and Conditions or the Platform other
than those warranties and representations that are expressly set out
in these Terms and Conditions.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions intends to or has the effect
of limiting or excluding any liability of any UnionUp Group Member
that cannot be excluded or limited under any applicable Law,
including under the Australian Consumer Law.
Indemnities
Subject to clause 14.2, you must indemnify and keep indemnified each
UnionUp Group Member from and against any and all Claims and Losses
incurred, suffered or expended by them as a result of:
any security vulnerability, defect, virus, error, bug,
malfunction or interruption to the Platform to the extent it is
caused or contributed to by you;
any fraudulent, unlawful or negligent act or omission by you in
connection with these Terms and Conditions or the Platform;
any wilful misconduct by you in connection with these Terms and
Conditions or the Platform; and/or
any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you, including any
warranty given by you under these Terms and Conditions.
Your obligations under clause 14.1 will not apply to the extent that
the relevant Claim or Loss is caused or contributed to by any act or
omission of us, including without limitation:
any fraudulent, unlawful or negligent act or omission by us;
any wilful misconduct by us; or
any breach of these Terms and Conditions by us.
Subject to clause 14.4, we must indemnify and keep indemnified you
from and against any and all Claims and Losses incurred, suffered or
expended by you arising as a result of:
any fraudulent, unlawful or negligent act or omission by us in
connection with these Terms and Conditions or the Platform;
any wilful misconduct by us in connection with these Terms and
Conditions or the Platform; and/or
any breach of these Terms and Conditions by us.
Our obligations under clause 14.3 will not apply to the extent that
the relevant Claim or Loss is caused or contributed to by any act or
omission of you, including without limitation:
any fraudulent, unlawful or negligent act or omission by you;
any wilful misconduct by you; or
any breach of these Terms and Conditions by you.
Each indemnity contained in these Terms and Conditions:
is a continuing obligation and remains in full force and effect
until all money owing, contingently or otherwise, under an
indemnity has been paid in full;
is a separate and independent obligation of the party providing
the indemnity; and
survives the termination or expiry of these Terms and
Conditions.
We may suspend or withdraw the Platform
We may (in our sole absolute discretion) suspend, withdraw or
restrict the availability of all or any part of the Platform from
time for time for business, operational, emergency or any other
reasons.
We will use our reasonable endeavours to provide you with reasonable
prior notice of any suspension, withdrawal or restrictions of the
Platform.
If in any calendar month all or substantially all of the Platform’s
availability is suspended, withdrawn or restricted for a total of
ten (10) or more Business Days (being an aggregate downtime of at
least 80 hours occurring between 9:00am to 5:00pm on Business Days
during the given calendar month), you may terminate these Terms and
Conditions immediately by:
notifying us in writing; or
deleting your account on the Platform in accordance with the
process set out on the Platform.
If you terminate these Terms and Conditions in accordance with
clause 15.3, the Monthly User Fee attributable to you for the
affected calendar month will be excluded from the Monthly
Subscription Fee for that calendar month and Your Union will not be
required to pay that Monthly User Fee.
You acknowledge and agree that your rights under clauses 15.3 and
15.4 are your sole rights and remedies in respect of any suspension,
withdrawal or restriction of the Platform under clause 15.1.
For the avoidance of doubt, this clause 15 does not apply to us
permanently deactivating the Platform in accordance with clause 16.
We may deactivate of the Platform
Subject to clause 16.2, we may (in our sole absolute discretion)
permanently deactivate the Platform at any time for any reason.
We will provide you with reasonable notice before we permanently
deactivate the Platform, which will specify the date that the
Platform will be permanently deactivated.
You are solely responsible for securing and backing up Your User
Contributions before the Platform is permanently deactivated.
These Terms and Conditions will terminate with immediate effect on
and from the time that we permanently deactivate the Platform.
If these Terms and Conditions are terminated under clause 16.4, the
Monthly User Fee attributable to you for the month in which the
Platform is permanently deactivated will be excluded from the
Monthly Subscription Fee for that calendar month and Your Union will
not be required to pay that Monthly User Fee.
Termination
You may terminate these Terms and Conditions (including your account
on the Platform) immediately at any time by deleting your account on
the Platform in accordance with the process set out on the Platform.
Despite clause 17.1, you acknowledge and agree that:
the process set out on the Platform for terminating these Terms
and Conditions (and your account on the Platform) may require
you to transfer or assign some of Your User Contributions to
another User;
the transfer and assignment of such User Contributions is a
precondition to you terminating these Terms and Conditions (and
your account on the Platform); and
if you are a Union User, Your Union will first have to remove
you as a Union User from its Union Account.
We may terminate these Terms and Conditions immediately at any time
by:
notifying you, your Respective Organiser or Your Union in
writing; or
deactivating your account on the Platform without prior notice,
where:
you commit any breach of these Terms and Conditions and, if the
breach is remediable, you have failed to remedy the breach to
our satisfaction within 10 Business Days of us notifying you of
the breach;
you commit any breach of a material term of these Terms and
Conditions, including without limitation the Content Standards
and clause 12, irrespective of whether the breach is remediable;
you are insolvent, a bankrupt or otherwise are unable to pay
your debts when they become due and payable; or
Your Union requests in writing for us to terminate your account
on the Platform.
If we terminate these Terms and Conditions in accordance with clause
17.3 and you are a Union User at the time of the termination, then
you will be counted towards the calculation of the Monthly
Subscription Fee attributable to the calendar month in which we
terminated these Terms and Conditions as if you were a Union User as
at the last date of that calendar month (and Your Union will be
required to pay the corresponding Monthly User Fee).
With effect on and from the termination or expiry of these Terms and
Conditions for any reason:
your right to access and use the Platform (including your
account on the Platform) will cease with immediate effect;
you must immediately return:
any UnionUp Intellectual Property in your possession,
custody or control to us; and
any Third Party Intellectual Property in your possession,
custody or control to the relevant owner of the Third Party
Intellectual Property; and
any non-perpetual licence granted by any party under these Terms
and Conditions will immediately cease, but any perpetual licence
will continue with full force and effect.
You acknowledge and agree that:
Your Intellectual Property may be lost, deleted or destroyed
upon or after the termination or expiry of these Terms and
Conditions (and your account on the Platform) for any reason;
and
you are responsible for securing and backing up Your
Intellectual Property, including before you terminate these
Terms and Conditions (and your account on the Platform) in
accordance with clause 17.1.
Privacy
You warrant to each UnionUp Group Member:
that you have the legal right to disclose all Personal
Information and other information that you disclose to the
UnionUp Group in connection with these Terms and Conditions
(including you accessing or using the Platform); and
that such disclosure of Personal Information will not breach any
Laws, any including Privacy Laws.
If you Post Personal Information relating to any other User or third
party, you must obtain all necessary consents in relation to the
processing of that Personal Information and you take sole
responsibility for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality,
reliability and appropriateness of that Personal Information.
You consent to the UnionUp Group collecting, storing, using and
disclosing any Personal Information you disclose to any UnionUp
Group Member in connection with these Terms and Conditions
(including you accessing or using the Platform):
for the purposes of the UnionUp Group operating its business(es)
in the ordinary course, including operating, managing, updating
or promoting the Platform or engaging third party service
providers;
in accordance with our privacy policy implemented from time to
time (if any); and/or
for any other purpose determined by us (acting reasonably),
in each case subject to applicable Laws (including Privacy Laws
applicable to us).
Without limitation to clause 18.3, we may disclose your identity and
your Personal Information:
in accordance with applicable Laws;
to any relevant law enforcement authority in connection with you
breaching of these Terms and Conditions or any applicable Law;
to any other third party who is claiming that any of Your User
Contributions breach of their Intellectual Property Rights,
their right to privacy or any of their other rights.
We may make changes to the Platform and these
Terms and
Conditions</span >
Subject to clause 4.4, we may update, upgrade, modify or otherwise
change the Platform from time to time to reflect changes to our
goods and services, the needs of Users, changes in Law and the
business practices and priorities of the UnionUp Group.
Unless expressly stated otherwise in these Terms and Conditions and
to the maximum extent permitted by Law, we may vary these Terms and
Conditions from time to time by providing you with reasonable prior
notice (which may be provided through the Platform), in which case
the variations will apply and become binding on you from the date
the varied Terms and Conditions are made available on the Platform.
Other terms and conditionsYou acknowledge and agree that:
from time to time, additional terms and conditions may also apply to
specific portions, services or features of the Platform as specified
on the Platform or otherwise by us; and
upon your acceptance of any such additional terms and conditions
they will be incorporated in full by reference into these Terms and
Conditions as if they are set out in these Terms and Conditions in
full.
GST
Unless otherwise defined in these Terms and Conditions,
capitalisedterms in this clause 21 have the same meaning as in the
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999</span >
(Cth).
The consideration payable by under these Terms and Conditions
(including the Monthly Subscription Fee) has been fixed without
regard to the impact of GST.
If GST is or becomes payable on a Taxable Supply made under or in
connection with these Terms and Conditions, the party providing
consideration for that Taxable Supply must pay an additional amount
equal to the GST payable on the Taxable Supply.
The additional amount payable under clause 21.3 must be paid at the
same time as the consideration for the Taxable Supply or on the date
on which the party making the supply delivers a Tax Invoice
(whichever is later).
References to and calculation of time
A reference to a time or day in these Terms and Conditions means a
time or day as determined by reference to Australian Eastern
Daylight Time (AEDT).
Where time is to be calculated by reference to a day or event, that
day or the day of that event is excluded.
Where something is done or received after 5.00 pm on any day, it
will be taken to have been done or received on the following day.
Where a provision in these Terms and Conditions requires anything to
be done on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in Sydney, New South
Wales, that matter or thing may be done or will be taken to have
been done on the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday
or public holiday in Sydney, New South Wales.
Notices
We may give any notice in connection with these Terms and Conditions
to you by delivering the notice to:
your email address or postal address that you nominate from time
to time; or
you through the Platform.
If you are an Organiser (Admin) then we may deliver a notice in
connection with these Terms and Conditions to Your Union by
delivering the notice to you (in which case the notice will be
deemed delivered to Your Union).
You may give any notice in connection with these Terms and
Conditions to us by delivering the notice to:
us through the notification portal set out on the Platform; or
any other address for service nominated by us from time to time.
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
a notice sent by post will be deemed:
given on the day it is posted; and
received six days after posting; and
a notice sent by electronic means (including via email), will be
deemed received at the time and on the date that it is sent
unless the sender receives a notice that the delivery of the
notice was unsuccessful (in which case the notice will not be
deemed to have been received).
General
In these Terms and Conditions:
words in the singular include the plural and vice versa;
words indicating any gender indicate the appropriate gender;
where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning, other
parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or phrase
have corresponding meanings;
a reference to a person is to be construed as a reference to an
individual, body corporate, unincorporated association,
partnership, joint venture or government body;
monetary references are references to Australian currency;
references to any document (including these Terms and
Conditions) include references to the document as amended,
consolidated, supplemented, novated or replaced;
a reference to a statute includes a reference to all enactments
amending or consolidating the statute and to an enactment
substituted for the statute and any subordinate legislation,
including regulations;
a reference to a law includes legislation, regulations and other
legislative instruments, any judgment made by a court, a
constitutional provision or treaty or decree, any principle or
rule of the common law or in equity, and is a reference to that
law as amended, consolidated, replaced or re-enacted or applied
to new or different facts;
headings are included for convenience only and do not affect
interpretation of these Terms and Conditions;
no provision will be construed adversely to a party solely on
the grounds that the party was responsible for the preparation
of these Terms and Conditions or that provision; and
the use of the words
includes, including, for example, such as</span >
or similar expressions does not limit the sense or scope of the
words, description, definition, phrase or term either preceding
or following those terms unless there is express wording to the
contrary.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws in force in New
South Wales, Australia and the parties to submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of New South Wales,
Australia.
Any reference to a party in these Terms and Conditions includes, and
any obligation or benefit under these Terms and Conditions will bind
or take effect for the benefit of, that party’s executors,
administrators, successors in title and assigns.
Unless expressly stated otherwise in these Terms and Conditions,
each party must pay its own costs and expenses in respect of the
negotiation, preparation and performance of these Terms and
Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between
the parties and supersedes all prior arrangements, agreements,
representations and undertakings between the parties.
If any part of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid or
unenforceable, that part will (if possible) be read down to the
extent necessary to avoid the invalidity or unenforceability, or
alternatively will be deemed deleted, and these Terms and Conditions
will remain otherwise in full force.
Unless expressly stated otherwise in these Terms and Conditions
(including clause 19), no amendment to these Terms and Conditions
has any force unless it is in writing.
The failure of a party to these Terms and Conditions to enforce a
provision, or the granting of any time or indulgence, will not be
construed as a waiver of the provision nor as a waiver of the right
of the party at a later time to enforce the provision.
These Terms and Conditions may be signed in counterparts and
electronically. Each counterpart will be deemed an original and the
counterparts taken together constitute one and the same instrument.
The rights and obligations of the parties contained in these Terms
and Conditions will not be extinguished by or upon the termination
or expiry of these Terms and Conditions.
Each clause of these Terms and Conditions that is expressly stated
to survive the termination or expiry of these Terms and
Conditions,together with any other clause that is intended by its
nature to do so, will survive the termination or expiry of these
Terms and Conditions.
No party has relied on any statement, representation, assurance or
warranty made or given by any other party, except as expressly set
out in these Terms and Conditions.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions:
gives a party the authority to bind the other party in any way;
imposes any fiduciary duties on a party in relation to any other
party; or
intends to or will constitute or imply a partnership, joint
venture or agency relationship between the parties.
We may assign, novate, transfer or subcontract these Terms and
Conditions and any of our rights and obligations under these Terms
and Conditions to any third party without your prior consent,
provided that we give you prior notice of the dealing. You may not
assign, novate, transfer or subcontract your rights or obligations
under these Terms and Conditions without our prior written consent
(which we will not unreasonably withhold).
To the extent that any indemnity (including in clause 14), release
or other covenant given by you in these Terms in Conditions is given
for the benefit of any UnionUp Group Member other than us, we hold
the benefit of that indemnity, release or other covenant as
principal and on trust for that UnionUp Group Member.