Temper

Covered during your Temper shifts

As a FreeFlexer working via Temper in the UK, you are insured through Alicia Benefits for accidents, business liability and temporary total disability during your shifts. Below is what that cover includes.

Insurance coverage is always subject to the applicable terms and conditions, including limits on the amount of cover available.

Accidents

Pays a one-off sum if you become permanently disabled or pass away due to an accident during your Temper shift.

Wel gedekt

  • Accident resulting in permanent disability
  • Accident resulting in death
  • Damage to your own belongings due to an accident
  • Re-education costs
  • Hospital admission (€ 75 per day)

Niet gedekt

  • Alcohol, drugs and similar substances
  • Deliberate recklessness
  • Intent
  • Fights
  • Accidents on the way to or from your shift

Permanent disability: up to € 50,000

Death: € 25,000

Examples

Covered

Example 1

During a shift you permanently lose function in a leg. You receive re-education support and a payout. Covered.

Covered

Example 2

After an accident, medical treatment goes wrong and you pass away. Dependants receive a payout. Covered.

Not covered

Example 3

After drinks you cycle recklessly and crash. Not covered: deliberate recklessness.

Not covered

Example 4

You have a car accident on the way home after your shift. Not covered: not during the shift.

Business liability

Provides cover if you are liable for damage to a person or other people’s belongings, including those of your client. Active during shifts via Temper.

Wel gedekt

  • Damage to people
  • Damage to other people’s belongings
  • Damage to your client’s belongings you work with (care, custody & control)
  • Damage caused with an e-bike (max. 25 km/h)
  • Help and costs if you are held liable

Niet gedekt

  • Your own belongings
  • Intent
  • Damage involving motor vehicles
  • Fraud and other criminal offences
  • Sexual conduct
  • Outsourcing shifts

Damage to people or other people’s belongings: up to € 2,500,000 per claim. Maximum € 10,000,000 per year for all FreeFlexers combined.

Care, custody & control: up to € 25,000 per claim. Maximum € 100,000 per year for all FreeFlexers combined.

There is no separate excess. A franchise of € 75 applies: only claims above that amount are paid.

Examples

Covered

Example 1

A guest trips over your bag on the terrace and coffee spills onto someone’s laptop. Covered: other people’s belongings.

Covered

Example 2

After mopping, the floor stays wet. A guest falls and breaks an arm. Covered: injury to people.

Covered

Example 3

You drop your client’s mixer. Covered: care, custody & control.

Not covered

Example 4

You spill red wine on your own sneakers. Not covered: your own belongings.

Not covered

Example 5

You hit a bollard while driving your client’s car. Not covered: motor vehicles.

Temporary total disability

Provides monthly income if illness or an accident means you cannot work at all for a period, once a doctor confirms you are unable to work. Payable from the 15th day, for up to one year.

Wel gedekt

  • Monthly benefit for full temporary inability to work (70% of your average Temper income)
  • Personal health coach and urgent temporary practical support (up to € 1,000 once per year)
  • Parental or bereavement leave: one-off € 500
  • Damage to personal belongings due to an accident (up to € 1,000)

Niet gedekt

  • The first 2 weeks (waiting period)
  • Alcohol or drugs misuse
  • Intent, gross negligence or deliberate recklessness
  • Mental health issues
  • Criminal offences

You must be registered with Temper, over 18 and under 70, and living in the UK.

Eligible after at least 10 Temper shifts, with the most recent shift no more than 3 months ago.

Benefit payable from the 15th day of temporary inability to work. Maximum benefit period: 1 year.

Benefit based on your average Temper earnings over the 3 full months before incapacity (or all available months if fewer).

Examples

Covered

Example Sophie

Average € 1,500 per month. After the 2-week waiting period you receive € 1,050 per month (70%) until you recover - for up to 1 year.

Report a claim

Choose the type of claim that applies to your situation:

First confirm your insurance, then report via the Temper app or website (temper.works).

Contact

+31 (0)10 899 0432

temper@aliciabenefits.com

Weekdays 08:00-16:00 BST/GMT

About Alicia

Alicia Benefits builds insurance that fits freelancers and the self-employed. No long application processes or cover you do not need.

We combine insurance expertise with technology, so you are properly covered during your work via Temper - and can get back on track quickly after a claim.