Membership Terms & Conditions

WORK LESS GROUP AGREEMENT

Effective date: January 1, 2023

Thank you for enrolling in The Work Less Group (“Membership”).

All sales are final for this Membership and payments will continue to be charged until the Subscription is canceled manually, pursuant to terms & conditions (the “Agreement”) below.

By clicking “Buy Now,” “Complete Order,” or any other phrase on the purchase button, entering your credit card information, or otherwise rendering payment (either in-full or partial) for the Membership for which these terms appear, you (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “Customer”) agree to be provided with the Membership created by Richard Webster, (“Creator”) in his capacity as owner of Work Less LLC (“Company”), and you are executing a legally binding agreement with the Company, subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. INTRODUCTION

Work Less LLC (“Company”) is a company that provides individuals and business owners with online courses and other educational materials.

Company has created The Work Less Group (“Membership”) as an ongoing subscription-based platform to educate Customers on how to create systems in their businesses to become more productive.

The Membership is a monthly program that may include live sessions, pre-recorded videos, and a private membership group.

2. PAYMENT & FEES

(a) Upon execution of this Agreement, Customer agrees to pay to the Company the full purchase amount for the Membership (the “Membership Fee”), regardless of what payment option Customer selects at checkout.

(b) This is a subscription-based product with recurring billing, pursuant to the timeframe selected by Customer at checkout. The initial Membership Fee will be billed at checkout and the start of Customer’s membership; the recurring Membership Fee will be billed month, quarter, or year, depending on the option selected by Customer at checkout. Payments will be automatically billed via the same payment method used at checkout. See Section 3 (Cancellation) with instructions to cancel.

(c) Customer authorizes Company to charge the credit card or account used at checkout to complete all payments pursuant to the payment plan Customer selected at checkout, and Customer does not require separate authorization for each payment.

(d) If any payments fail, Customer agrees to remedy the situation immediately (i.e., update Customer’s payment information, provide a new credit card, and/or make all past-due payments within five (5) business days) or else Customer forfeits his/her right to access the Membership.

(e) The Customer shall not threaten or make any chargebacks to the Company’s account, cancel the credit card that is provided as security or issue an Unauthorized Transaction claim with a third-party such as PayPal without the Company’s prior written consent. Company reserves the right to collect any and all monies owed by Customer to Company for the Membership, by any means necessary within the parameters of the law. The Customer shall pay for any fees associated with recouping payment, including but not limited to, collections fees and attorneys’ fees. In the event of a chargeback, Company reserves the right to report the incident to credit reporting agencies as a delinquent account.

In the event of a chargeback or unauthorized payment cancellation, the Customer will be removed from the Membership and blacklisted from future Programs or Memberships by the Company. Customer can be removed from the blacklist under the sole discretion of the Company.

(f) Late Fees –

Company understands that, from time to time, there are issues with payment. All payments must be received by Company within five (5) days of the due date for that installment. Any payments not received within five (5) days of their due date shall be subject to a late fee of ten percent (10%) of the monthly payment. Any payments not received within ten (10) days of their due date shall result in Customers breach of these terms and may result in removal of access to the Membership or Customer may be blacklisted from other Programs associated with the Company. Customer shall still remain responsible to make all payments due and owing under this Agreement to Company in the event Customer’s access to the Membership is revoked.

If Membership is revoked, the Customer may regain Membership and be removed from the blacklist if the Customer pays all late payments and late fees, this reinstatement is under the sole discretion of the Company.

If Customer does not pay late payment and late fees the Company reserves the right to send Customer to collections for any outstanding monies due and owed under the Agreement. The Customer shall be liable for any costs Company incurs relating to collecting default payments, including but not limited to legal and administrative fees.

3. TERM, TERMINATION & CANCELLATION

(a) Term –

The Term of the Agreement shall be for at least as long as the subscription package purchased by Customer, with the exception of Sections 8 through 11, which shall survive the Term of this Agreement, and continue until either party terminates pursuant to the cancellation policy below.

In other words, the Customer will be charged for one month and the Term of the Agreement shall be for at least one month and continue month-to-month until terminated by either party.

(b) Termination –

Customer dissatisfaction with Company and/or Membership mentor’s subjective teaching style, independent judgment, methods, or other techniques are not valid reasons for termination of this Agreement or request of any monies returned to Customer. Even if Customer does not complete all portions of the Membership, Customer is nevertheless responsible for all payments due and owed under this Agreement by making the first payment of the Membership at checkout and executing this Agreement.

Company is committed to providing quality service to all Customers. However, from time to time, situations arise that require the Company to terminate the Agreement before the Term ends. As such, Company reserves the right to terminate the Agreement for cause at any time during the Agreement, which includes, but is not limited to: 1) Customer fails to follow Membership guidelines; 2) Customer is abusive or harasses Company or other Customers of the Membership; 3) Customer proves to be difficult to work with; 4) for any other legitimate business purposes in the best interest of the Company. If any of the above causes triggered the termination of the Agreement by the Company, the Customer is still liable to pay the entire cost of the Agreement.

(c) Cancellation –

This is a subscription-based Membership. The subscription shall automatically renew at the end of the initial term until Customer cancels (unless a Customer falls under the exception of Section 3 (d)). In order to cancel their Membership and terminate the Agreement, the Customer can: (1) to cancel their Membership via a Thrivecart subscription confirmation email sent to them before each Membership renewal date; or (2) they must notify Company in writing via email at info@howtoworkless.com at least five (5) days before the initial term expires in order to avoid being billed for the renewal. After Cancellation, Customer may continue to use their account for the Membership for the duration of their billing period. Following Cancellation, you will lose access to all information, workshops, group communities and other Membership content.

(d) How To Work Less Program Executive Package –

Customers who purchased the Executive Package for the How To Work Less Program (“Executive Customers”) receive a twelve (12) month Membership to The Work Less Group. This Membership expires after twelve (12) months and does not automatically renew. Once the twelve (12) month Membership expires a new subscription to the Membership must be purchased.

4. DISCLAIMERS

(a) The Company is not an employee, manager, lawyer, accountant, psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist, public relations manager, social media manager, doctor, counselor, business operations manager, financial analyst, business executive, or other agent of Customer’s business.

(b) Customer understands that the Membership is created to help Customer learn new skills and assist Customer with finding their own direction. The Membership may offer guidance regarding business or life decisions, but it is the responsibility of the Customer to make the final decision and choose the best option for themselves. Customer understands that the Membership has been designed by Company for general educational and informational purposes only, with the goal of teaching Customer new skills and providing Customer with awareness of traditional business practices. Through the Membership, the Company might provide guidance regarding business or life decisions, but it is ultimately the responsibility of the Customer (and only the Customer) to make the final decision for his/herself.

Customer hereby acknowledges that Customer is solely responsible for the amount and type of income that Customer generates by implementing techniques and advice provided by Membership. Customer also acknowledges that the Company cannot and does not guarantee that implementation of the Membership will provide Customer with a lucrative business. Customer also agrees that he/she is solely responsible for any decision Customer makes and indemnifies Company from any liability regarding said decision.  By using Company’s services and purchasing this Membership, Customer accepts any and all risks, foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising from such a transaction. Customer agrees that Company will not be held liable for any damages of any kind resulting or arising from the use or misuse of the Membership. Customer agrees that use of this Membership is at Customer’s own risk.

(c) Customer hereby acknowledges that business and mindset coaching are subjective services and Company’s methods to provide this service may change in terms of style and/or technique. Company and/or Coach may use its personal judgment to provide the Membership services to Customer, even if these methods do not follow strict adherence to Customer’s suggestions.

(d) This Membership may include access to third-party content, provided as a courtesy. Company is not responsible or liable for any third-party content inside the Membership.

(e) This Membership does not include: 1) procuring business or potential Customers for Customer; 2) performing any business management services for Customer, such as accounting, operations, research, or development; 3) therapy sessions in the form of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, or behavioral therapy; 4) publicity, public relations and/or social media marketing services; 5) legal or financial advice; 6) introduction to Company’s professional network and business relationships; 7) 1:1 coaching or individual coaching; 8) unlimited feedback.

(f) Communication With Other Members –

Company shall not be held liable, either directly or indirectly, for Customer’s communication with any other student or third-party that may or may not be part of the Membership. For instance, as part of the Membership, the Company may encourage students to broaden their marketing message by collaborating with other third-parties. These are mere suggestions, and it is important to note that creating relationships and communicating with third-parties is the sole responsibility and at the sole discretion of the Customer. Company is not liable for the actions of those third-parties, nor is Company to be held responsible for any communications, conflicts, or damages that occur through Customer’s communication and/or collaboration with a third-party. While Company will take reasonable measures to ensure there is no injurious communications inside the Membership, it is the responsibility of all students to act with their own volition and discretion when communicating with others.

(g) Media Release –

Customer acknowledges that the Membership program records all live sessions and live Q&A sessions. The Customer hereby releases to the Company the right to use the Customers name, image, and likeness for the limited purpose of providing recorded videos of the live sessions to those within the Membership for perpetuity.

Customer also hereby releases any rights to edit or alter the content of the live sessions and live Q&A sessions recordings after the date the video is released and published on the Membership portal. In other words, the Customer shall not request, demand or otherwise insist the Company remove, edit, unpublish, or otherwise alter the recorded live sessions and live Q&A sessions after it is published, without prior written consent and approval from the Company. All requests to edit, remove or alter a live session and live Q&A session recordings are at the sole discretion of Company. All decisions regarding content publication are at the sole discretion of the Company.

5. MEMBERSHIP SPECIFICS

The Membership includes:

• Monthly live Q&A group session
• Pre-recorded videos
• Private Community access created exclusively for Membership Customers
• And may include presentation slides, workbooks and/or other resources to assist the Customer in better understanding the techniques and strategies discussed in the group sessions.

Company reserves the right to substitute services equal to or comparable to the value of Membership if reasonably required by the prevailing circumstances as determined exclusively by Company.

This Membership may be distributed by Company either directly or through a third-party platform. Company reserves the right to substitute services equal to or comparable to the value of Membership if reasonably required by the prevailing circumstances as determined by Company.

6. CUSTOMER’S RESPONSIBILITIES

(a) The Membership has been developed for educational purposes only. The Company has established its proprietary Membership in order to educate and inspire Customer to pursue their personal and business goals. However, Customer hereby acknowledges that Company does not guarantee Customer’s goals, whatever the goals may be, will be reached by completing and implementing the advice and techniques in the Membership. Customer accepts and agrees that Customer is 100% responsible for his/her results from the Membership. Customer acknowledges that, as with any investment, there is an inherent risk associated. As such, Customer agrees there is no guarantee that Customer will attain his/her goals by simply enrolling in the Membership or utilizing the tools, resources, or advice provided therein.

Nevertheless, Customer acknowledges that they can optimize their potential results from the Membership by adhering to the following:

• Thoughtful and meaningful participation in all Monthly live Q&As with Company.
• Utilization of the Memberships private community.
• Completion of all Membership material, including assignments and worksheets if applicable.
• Committing to the Membership.
• Taking 100% responsibility for Customer’s results, 100% of the time.

(b) Community Guidelines –

By participating in the Membership and executing this Agreement, Customer hereby agrees to abide by all Company Membership Community Guidelines, which are as follows:

• Treat others online as you would treat them in real life.
• Communicate with courtesy and respect.
• Do not use defamatory remarks or make false statements against others.
• Do not post prejudiced comments or profanity.
• No bullying, harassment, hate speech, spam, solicitation, etc.

(c) Zero Tolerance Policy –

Company employs a Zero Tolerance policy inside the Membership as it pertains to harassment of Company representatives and/or other Customers inside the Membership.

“Harassment” shall include, but is not limited to, abusive language (i.e., excessive cursing, threatening language, name-calling), volume of messages (i.e., demanding responses or sending back-to-back messages without awaiting a reasonable time to allow a response), unwanted communications (i.e., with other students through private channels or DMs), hate speech, intimidation, racial slurs, mocking others, displaying disgust towards others, and more.

If Customer or any other student harasses a Company member or other Customers or student inside the Membership, Company will give one (1) warning to Customer or the student to modify their behavior. Thereafter, upon a second incident of Harassment, Company will immediately remove the Customer or student from the Membership with no money back. Whether or not a customer or student is considered to harass another is at the sole interpretation of Company and will be a decision made based on the facts and evidence at-hand (i.e., writings, emails, screenshots, etc.).

(d) Disputes & Customer Support –

In the event that Customer has any issue whatsoever with the Membership, whether tech or substantive or otherwise, Customer hereby acknowledges they will raise that issue through private channels, as to not flood the student platform and/or community. Namely, Customer shall email its question or issue to info@howtoworkless.com.

7. REFUND POLICY

All sales are final for this Membership. Due to the inherent nature of educational programs and the electronic transmission of the same, there are no refunds. Membership Fees are non-refundable and there are no credits for partially used enrollment periods.

8. NON-DISCLOSURE, CONFIDENTIALITY & NON-DISPARAGEMENT

(a) Confidential Information & Non-Disclosure –

Company takes pride in its proprietary information included in each Membership. As such, Customer agrees and acknowledges all Confidential Information shared through this Membership and by the Company is confidential, proprietary, and belongs exclusively to the Company.

“Confidential Information” includes, but is not limited to:

• Any systems, sequences, processes or steps shared with Customer;
• Any information disclosed in association with this Agreement;
• Any systems, sequences, processes, or trade secrets in connection with the Membership or Company’s business practices.

(b) Group Container –

From time to time, Customers in the Membership Program may share sensitive, personal, or otherwise confidential information. By participating in this Membership, Customers understands and acknowledges this, and agrees to keep all information discussed as part of the Membership Program (amongst other Membership participants or Customers) confidential.

(c) Testimonials –

Company also agrees to protect Customer’s personally identifiable information. However, from time to time, Company may use general statements about Customer’s success for Testimonials as part of Company’s marketing strategy. By agreeing to these Terms, Customer agrees to Company sharing Customer’s success stories as Testimonials in any matter across any media at the sole discretion of Company.

Company may ask the Customer to provide Testimonials about the Company or the Membership, via video, audio, or written Testimonials. Both parties shall implement their best effort to protect Confidential Information from disclosure, misuses, misappropriation, loss, and theft.

Company may ask for a Testimonial about the Company or the Membership, by submitting a Testimonial, you agree that the Company may use and publish your name, voice, photograph, drawing or other likenesses of you and any descriptive, biographical, or other written materials you provide, and all associated rights of personality of publicity, in any manner that the Company may deem appropriate in connection with its use of your Testimonial. The Company may make reasonable edits or alterations to your Testimonial, provided that the meaning of your comments and statements is not substantially changed. You understand that the Company has no obligation to use your Testimonial, and that it’s use is at the sole discretion of the Company. You understand that you have received good consideration for this Testimonial and no additional compensation is due to you, and you will receive no compensation from the Company other than any goodwill and publicity that you may receive relating to the Company’s use of the Testimonial. You indemnify and hold harmless and release the Company, its officers, directors, agents and employees from all claims, demands, and liabilities of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Company’s use of the Testimonial, including, without limitation, claims based upon invasion of privacy, and appropriation of name or likeness, and defamation, or right of personality or publicity. You will not make any claim against Company for its use of the Testimonial.

(d) Non-Disparagement –

Customer agrees, during and/or after use of Membership, to refrain from making any statements, whether oral or in writing, that negatively impact Company’s Membership, business, services, programs, or reputation.

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & LIMITED LICENSE

(a) Intellectual Property –

This Membership and the related content shall be considered Intellectual Property owned by Company. Other examples of Intellectual Property owned by Company and within Company’s Memberships include, but are not limited to: trademarks, service marks, layout, logos, business names, course/program/module names, design, text, written copy, certain images, podcast recordings, workbooks, videos, audio files, and all of our paid Memberships (collectively referred to as “Intellectual Property”).

(b) Limited License –

Company grants only a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to Customer to use the Intellectual Property for Customer’s personal and internal business use. Nothing in this Agreement shall transfer ownership of or rights to any Intellectual Property of the Company to the Customer, nor grant any right or license other than those stated in this Agreement. Customer acknowledges that their purchase of this Membership is for their single individual use. Customer shall not copy, reproduce, transmit, modify, edit, create derivative works from, alter, sell, or share with others any Memberships or parts of the Membership without prior written consent or unless provided otherwise.

If Customer is also a business owner or professional in a similar industry, Customer shall not misappropriate any of Company’s Intellectual Property and proprietary information in the following manner:

• Teaching Customer’s customers/audience any of the information, methods, solutions, or formulae owned by Company and passing it off as Customer’s own;
• Copying any of Company’s Membership content and/or material for Customer’s commercial use;
• Copying, publishing, transmitting, transferring, selling, creating derivative works from, reproducing, or in any way exploiting any of the Intellectual Property owned by Company in either whole or part without prior written consent.

(c) Infringement–

Upon Company’s suspicion that Customer has violated any of the above Intellectual Property restrictions, Customer’s access may be terminated by Company at any time.

The definition of suspicion includes but is not limited to: identification of Customers content that is based off of Company’s proprietary framework; identification of Client content that is almost identical and/or confusingly similar to Company’s content; notice from third-party of confusingly similar content between Customer and Company.

In the event that the Company receives information from a third-party that a Customer has misappropriated or used any of the Intellectual Property belonging to the Company, the Company reserves the right to: immediately remove Customers access to the Membership and any other programs created by the Company and investigate Customers usage of the Intellectual Property.

If it is found that the Customer violates any restrictions regarding Company’s Intellectual Property, Customers limited license will automatically be revoked and terminated, the Customer will be blacklisted from any future programs or content belonging to Company, and the Customer must destroy any downloaded materials in Customer’s possession whether in electronic or printed format.

If it is found that the Customer violates any restrictions regarding Company’s Intellectual Property, the Company will seek all legal and equitable remedies against the Customer. The Customer will be required to cover all fees necessary to enforce these rights including but not limited to legal fees, administrative costs and funds spent on the investigation, etc.

10. INDEMNIFICATION / LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Customer hereby acknowledges that Company is not liable for any injuries that may arise from Customer’s actions, omissions, or decisions based off Customer’s participation in this Membership, including but not limited to: a decision to leave a job, a decision to invest in an opportunity, a decision to start a business, any of Customer’s business decisions, any of Customer’s financial decisions. Customer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Company of any claims that may arise after use of this Membership.

Access to this Membership is currently through third-party platforms such as, CircleCo, Inc.  (“Circle”), MeetButter ApS’s (“Butter”) and WebActix Ltd. (“Thrivecart”). Company is not liable for any limitation of access to the Membership caused by Circle, Butter or Thrivecart or any other third-party used to assist Company with the delivery of this Membership to Customer.

11. MISCELLANEOUS

A. Entire Agreement –

This Agreement reflects the entire agreement between the parties. This Agreement trumps any other existing negotiations, communications or Agreements between the parties, whether written, oral, or electronic, and is the full extent of the Agreement between the parties.

B. Headings & Severability –

Headings are included for convenience purposes only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement. If any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, it shall not affect the remaining portions of the Agreement, which shall remain in full effect. If any portion of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable, then the unenforceable portion shall be construed in compliance with applicable law in a light most favorable to the original intentions of the parties. If the unenforceable portion of the Agreement is found by a competent court of this jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then it shall be changed and interpreted to best reflect the original intentions of the parties, and all other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

C. All Rights Reserved –

All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by us.

D. Governing Law –

Company is located in the United States and is subject to the applicable laws governing the United States. The governing law for this agreement is the laws of Delaware.

E. Arbitration –

Any disputes arising under this Agreement shall first be resolved through a binding arbitration.

F. Maximum Damages –

Customer agrees and acknowledges that the maximum amount of damages that Customer may be entitled to in any claim arising from this Agreement or Membership shall not exceed the total cost of the Membership.

G. Execution –

Customer agrees to accept the above Agreement in its entirety when Customer selects and confirms “I agree to the Terms & Conditions” at the Membership checkout page and by rendering first payment.