Employment Contract Template
Employment Contract
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
Date:
Between:
Employer:
Address:
AND
Employee:
Address:
1. POSITION AND DUTIES
The Employee is hereby employed as and shall perform the following duties:
2. COMMENCEMENT
Employment shall commence on .
3. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
- Salary: per
- Payment Schedule:
- Benefits:
- Annual Leave: days per year
- Sick Leave: days per year
4. WORKING HOURS
Standard working hours are per week, .
5. PROBATION PERIOD
There shall be a probation period of from the commencement date.
6. CONFIDENTIALITY
The Employee agrees to maintain strict confidentiality regarding all proprietary and confidential information of the Employer.
7. TERMINATION
- By Employer: With written notice or payment in lieu
- By Employee: With written notice
- For Cause: Immediate termination for gross misconduct
8. POST-EMPLOYMENT OBLIGATIONS
The Employee agrees not to:
- Solicit clients or employees for after termination
- Compete directly with the Employer for after termination
- Disclose confidential information
9. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by applicable employment laws and regulations.
SIGNATURES:
Employer:
Signature: _______________________
Name:
Title:
Date: _______________________
Employee:
Signature: _______________________
Name:
Date: _______________________
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What is an Employment Contract?
An Employment Contract — also called a job contract — is a employment document used when an employer needs to document the terms of a job, a change to it, or the end of it. In short: full-time employment agreement.
It is typically signed by small business owners, HR managers, startup founders and employees checking what they were handed. Employment documents sit on top of statutory rights that cannot be signed away. A contract can improve on the legal minimum for notice, pay and leave — it cannot go below it, and a clause that tries is usually unenforceable while the rest of the document stands.
When you need one
- You are about to full-time employment agreement and want the terms recorded before anyone relies on them.
- The other side has proposed an employment contract and you want to see what a balanced version looks like first.
- A previous arrangement was verbal, and something has now happened that makes writing it down urgent.
- You need a starting point you can adapt rather than a blank page — the structure matters more than the prose.
What this Employment Contract template includes
The template is structured around 9 sections. Each one exists for a reason — if you delete one, delete it deliberately.
- 01Position And Duties
- 02Commencement
- 03Compensation And Benefits
- 04Working Hours
- 05Probation Period
- 06Confidentiality
- 07Termination
- 08Post-Employment Obligations
- 09Governing Law
Information you will need
Gather these before you start. Every one of them appears in the finished document, and a missing value is the most common reason a self-drafted employment contract fails to do its job.
- Employer
- Company name
- Employee
- Employee full name
- Job Title
- Position/designation
- Salary
- Annual/monthly salary
- Start Date
- Employment start date
- Working Hours
- e.g., 9 AM - 5 PM
- Benefits
- Health, PTO, etc.
How to write an Employment Contract
- 1
Read the full template
Read the complete Employment Contract on this page before you use it, so you know what every clause commits you to.
- 2
Gather your details
Collect the names, addresses, dates and amounts listed in the "What you will need" section — every square-bracketed placeholder needs a real value.
- 3
Fill in the blanks on this page
Type your answers into the form beside the template and they are written into every clause that uses them as you go. Nothing is uploaded — the document is assembled inside your own browser.
- 4
Download the finished document
Download your completed Employment Contract as a PDF or an editable Word file, or copy the text. There is no signup and no watermark.
- 5
Sign and store it
Sign it — electronically with the free Sign PDF tool, or in ink where the document type requires it — and give every party a copy.
Mistakes to avoid
Contradicting statutory minimums
Notice periods, minimum wage, holiday entitlement and overtime rules are set by law in most jurisdictions. Writing something less generous does not make it binding.
Misclassifying a contractor
Calling someone a contractor does not make them one. Regulators look at control, substitution and integration — misclassification means back taxes and penalties.
Overbroad restrictive covenants
Non-competes with no geographic or time limit are routinely struck down. A narrow clause that holds beats a broad one that does not.
No documented reason for dismissal
Termination letters that omit the reason and the process followed create the evidential gap that unfair-dismissal claims are built in.
Jurisdiction note. Employment law is highly local and changes often. Confirm notice periods, dismissal procedure and restrictive-covenant limits for your jurisdiction before relying on any template. This template is general-purpose information, not legal advice.
Employment Contract FAQs
Is this Employment Contract template free to download?
Yes. The complete text is published on this page — no email required. Fill in the blanks on the page, then copy it or download it as a PDF, Word (.docx) or plain-text file. There is no watermark and no usage limit.
Can I fill in this Employment Contract template online?
Yes. Every square-bracketed blank in the template above is an editable field. Type your answer once and it is written into every clause that uses it, and the document beside the form updates as you type. When you are done, download the completed PDF or Word file. It all runs inside your browser — the document is never uploaded, and your answers are saved only in this browser so you can come back and finish later.
What information do I need to complete an Employment Contract?
At minimum: employer, employee, job title, salary. The form on this page lists every blank the document contains and counts how many are still empty. Every placeholder in [square brackets] needs replacing before the document is signed — an unfilled bracket is the most common defect in a self-drafted document.
What should an Employment Contract include?
This template is structured around 9 sections: position and duties, commencement, compensation and benefits, working hours, probation period and others. Those are the provisions that make the document do its job; anything you delete, delete deliberately.
Is an Employment Contract legally binding?
Employment documents sit on top of statutory rights that cannot be signed away. A contract can improve on the legal minimum for notice, pay and leave — it cannot go below it, and a clause that tries is usually unenforceable while the rest of the document stands. Employment law is highly local and changes often. Confirm notice periods, dismissal procedure and restrictive-covenant limits for your jurisdiction before relying on any template.
Can I edit this Employment Contract template?
Yes, in three ways. Fill in the blanks on this page and download the result; or download the Word version and rewrite it in Word, Pages or Google Docs; or open it in the LegalDraft AI app, where the AI can rewrite any individual clause to be stricter, simpler or more balanced and review the finished document for risk before you sign.
Do I need a lawyer for an Employment Contract?
Employment law is highly local and changes often. Confirm notice periods, dismissal procedure and restrictive-covenant limits for your jurisdiction before relying on any template. For routine, low-value arrangements a carefully completed template is usually proportionate. The larger the sum, the more one-sided the terms, or the more the document depends on local statute, the stronger the case for professional review.
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