docs(compensation): assign transfer fees to contractor

[zolotokrylin]

Summary

• New Transfer Fees clause (§ Compensation 8) states the Company pays the exact invoice amount and any fees charged by the contractor's bank, receiving payment network, correspondent banks, or intermediaries in transit are the contractor's responsibility.

• Renumbered Compensation clauses 8–10 to 9–11 accordingly.

• CHANGELOG updated with v1.4.0 entry.

• Closes https://github.com/holdex/hr-internal/issues/847

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added v1.4.0 changelog entry (effective 2026-06-09).
  • Introduced new "Transfer Fees" compensation clause specifying that the Company pays the exact invoice amount while the Contractor assumes responsibility for any fees charged by their bank or payment intermediaries.

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• CHANGELOG.md
• STANDARD_TERMS.md

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Walkthrough

This PR adds a new "Transfer Fees" clause to the Compensation section of the standard terms, establishing that the Company pays the exact invoice amount and the Contractor assumes responsibility for any fees charged by banks or payment intermediaries. The change is documented in the changelog and shifts downstream clause numbering.

Changes

Transfer Fees Clause Addition

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add Transfer Fees clause and renumber subsequent clauses STANDARD_TERMS.md	New Compensation clause specifies Company pays exact valid invoice amount; Contractor bears intermediary/bank transfer fees. Downstream clauses renumbered: "Taxes" becomes clause 10, "Finality of Payment" becomes clause 11.
Document Transfer Fees in changelog CHANGELOG.md	New v1.4.0 entry documents the Transfer Fees clause and clarifies fee responsibility for bank/payment network charges during payment transfer.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• holdex/contractor-terms#5: Both PRs modify STANDARD_TERMS.md in the Compensation section and change clause numbering/placement around "Quality Adjustment" and subsequent "Taxes"/"Finality of Payment" clauses.
• holdex/contractor-terms#4: Both PRs modify the Compensation section in STANDARD_TERMS.md—docs(terms): pay contractors within 30 days of invoice approval #4 adds net-30 Payment Deadline/valid invoice logic and renumbers payment clauses, while this PR inserts Transfer Fees that further shifts downstream clause numbers.

Suggested reviewers

• markholdex

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the main change: adding a Transfer Fees clause to the Compensation section that assigns these fees to the contractor.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR fully addresses the objective in #847 by adding a Transfer Fees clause clarifying that Holdex pays the exact invoice amount and contractor bears network/intermediary fees.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly scoped to adding the Transfer Fees clause and updating documentation; no unrelated modifications are present.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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[zolotokrylin]

@holdex pr submit-time 15m

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Member	#	Time	Running Total	Status	Last Update
zolotokrylin			15min	✅ Submitted	Jun 9, 2026, 1:02 PM
markholdex			10min	✅ Submitted	Jun 9, 2026, 1:08 PM

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