Can recruitment be paid through an intermediary?

Intermediaries can get paid. An intermediary contract is a contract in which the intermediary reports the opportunity to conclude a contract to the client or provides media services for concluding a contract, and the client pays the remuneration. If the broker facilitates the establishment of the contract, the principal shall pay the remuneration as agreed.

legal ground

Article 96 1 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

An intermediary contract is a contract in which the intermediary reports the opportunity to conclude a contract to the client or provides media services for concluding a contract, and the client pays the remuneration.

Chapter nine hundred and sixty-three

If the broker facilitates the establishment of the contract, the principal shall pay the remuneration as agreed. If the remuneration of the broker is not agreed or clearly agreed, and cannot be determined according to the provisions of Article 510 of this Law, it shall be reasonably determined according to the services of the broker. Where an intermediary provides media services for concluding a contract, the remuneration of the intermediary shall be borne equally by both parties to the contract.

If the intermediary facilitates the establishment of the contract, the expenses of the intermediary activities shall be borne by the intermediary.