An agreement for ongoing freelance work on a monthly retainer – hours or deliverables included, priority and response times, rollover and overage, scheduling, fees paid in advance, minimum term, reviews, notice and the freelancer’s independence.
Freelancers & contractors
Monthly Retainer Agreement
About this document
A retainer gives a freelancer predictable income and gives the client priority access to their time. Retainers work best when it is clear how many hours or what deliverables are included, what happens to unused hours, and how extra work is charged. This agreement sits alongside your services agreement.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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