How to write an employment contract? A practical guide

For a start-up entrepreneur, hiring the first employee is one of the biggest challenges.

How to draw up an employment contract and what to look out for?

You will find out in today's post!

The most important elements of the employment contract

The employment contract specifies:

1. the parties to the contract: the employer and the employee,,

2. the address of the employer's registered office (in the case of an employer who is a natural person without a registered office, the address of residence)

3. the type of contract,

4. the date of its conclusion,

5. the conditions of work and pay, in particular:

(a) the type of work;

(b) the place or places where the work is to be performed;

(c) the remuneration for the work corresponding to the nature of the work, indicating the components of the remuneration;

(d) the working hours;

(e) the date of commencement of the work.

The employment contract may be concluded for a probationary period, for a fixed term or for an indefinite term.

What is worth adding?

Responsibility of the employee: a provision on responsibility for the equipment entrusted and the consequences of damage (as an annex to the contract).

Overtime: establish overtime rules to make it mutually beneficial.

Benefits: clearly define what additional benefits the employee is entitled to.

Offer flexible working hours.

Extras: opportunities for development (training, courses), promotion, leave reporting issues.

NOTE attachments!

Don't forget to include documents such as privacy policy, RODO issues and copyright.

Recommendation

The employment contract should be:

• flexible, but also include precisely defined responsibilities,

• realistic: specify the number of duties that can actually be performed,

• simple: avoid unnecessarily complicated provisions,

• clear: understandable to both parties,

• relevant: tailored to the nature of the work (e.g. a construction worker does not need to sign copyright agreements).

Flexibility and transparency are the key to a good employment contract. Its provisions should comply with labour laws, and it is worth consulting the employee and a lawyer on every detail.

Thank you for reading the post!

I'll see you in the next Lawyer in the Tri-City blog post!

Aleksandre