Employment Contract

Simply complete the Employment Contract form below then click on View Results to see your completed contract.

LawDepot's Employment Contract form lets you:

  • Document the terms on which you are hiring an individual or company.
  • Specify the method of employee compensation: hourly wages, salary, commission, etc.
  • Include optional non-solicitation, non-competition, and confidentiality clauses.
  • Include an optional probationary period.
  • Draft an inexpensive yet comprehensive Employment Contract.

You can also use our Confidentiality Agreement to protect your confidential information. If you are only changing an employee's compensation or salary, try our Pay Rise Agreement.

We regularly maintain this contract. Last Modified: February 2010
Employment Contract Details
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This software has the flexibility to let you quickly create the Employment Contract you want. It does this by providing many options with appropriate defaults. Ensure that the details of the employer and employee are filled in correctly and completely. If you want to create additional clauses, you can choose the appropriate number that you need. If doing so make sure you use complete sentences.

Contract will be governed by the Laws of:
Employer

Name:
Address: (e.g. Address, Town/City, County Postcode)
Phone:
Email: (e.g. employer@host.co.uk)
Fax:
Nature:
Employee

Name:
Address: (e.g. Address, Town/City, County Postcode)
Phone:
Email: (e.g. employee@host.co.uk)
Fax:
Commencement Date and Term

Date employment will start or started:
Nature of employment:
End Date:
Specify:
Probationary period?
Length of probation:  (e.g. 3 months)
Job Title and Description

Job Title:  (e.g. office manager)

Description of job and usual duties:

(e.g. conducting weekly meetings, monitoring the completion of performance objectives on a weekly basis and reporting back to the General Manager on the progression and completion of each objective)
Place and Time of Work

Address where employee will work: 
Specify any other places where employee may be required to work?
List addresses here:
What are the employee's normal hours of work
The Working Time Regulations of 1998 impose an obligation on employers to ensure that employees do not work more than an average of 48 hours per week.

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Specify actual hours for each day :

Day

 Normal Hours of work

Lunch Break

Other breaks
Monday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Tuesday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Wednesday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Thursday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Friday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Saturday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Sunday:
(e.g. 9:00am to 5:00pm) (e.g. 12:00pm to 12:30pm) (e.g. 2:15pm to 2:30pm)
Other:
(e.g. 8 hours Monday to Friday from 8 am - 12 noon and 1 pm - 5 pm)
Will the employee be remunerated for working additional hours?
Specify rates here:
Employee Remuneration

How will the employee be paid? 
Commission Formula:
(e.g. twenty (20%) percent of all sales generated by the Employee in the Employee's sales area)
(e.g. five (5%) percent of the gross profits of the Orange division of the Employer)

When will the employee be paid?
(e.g. every second Friday)
(e.g. every Friday)
(e.g. on the last day of the month)

Will the employee receive any other benefits?
Specify:

(e.g. The Employee will be eligible to participate in the Management Incentive Bonus scheme, a copy of which is provided in the Employee Handbook)
Deductions

Specify deductions from the employee's pay:
Note: This Contract already makes provision for deductions required by law. Only specify deductions that are not required by law but that will be made.
How many deductions would you like to specify?

Description of deduction:  (e.g. health fund)
Amount or formula of deduction: £  (e.g. 20.00 each fortnight)
Pension

Is there a contracting-out certificate in force? 
Under the Pension Schemes Act 1993, a contracting-out certificate provides evidence that an employer has contracted out of that pension scheme with regards to certain employment.

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Does the employer provide access to a pension scheme?
Name or type of pension scheme:
Note: You may specify more than one type.
Where can the employee find details regarding the scheme?
(e.g. the Employee Handbook)
Holidays

When does the holiday year start:   
When does the holiday year end:   
Number of paid holidays for employee:  (e.g. 4 weeks)
How many paid holidays are employees entitled to take
Generally, all employees, from the day of starting work, are entitled to a minimum of 4 weeks of paid annual leave, which is accrued on a pro rata basis of 1/12 the annual entitlement per month. However, employers do not have to pay employees for Bank and Public Holidays (although, an employer may pay for Bank and Public Holidays and then use these days to discharge a portion of the 4-week paid annual leave entitlement).

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Are bank and public holidays included in the employee's paid annual leave?
Sickness and Disability

Name of person employee may notify of sickness/inability to work:
(e.g. the Employee’s supervisor)
Hour by which sickness/inability to work is to be reported:
If the employee is sick/unable to work the employer will pay to the employee:
Maximum annual sick pay entitlement: £  (e.g. 1000.00)
What are the employee's usual work days:
(e.g. Monday to Friday)
Discipline and Grievance Procedure

The employer's disciplinary procedure is set out in:
(e.g. the Employee Manual)
The employer's grievance procedure is set out in:
(e.g. the Employee Manual)
Termination of Employment

Notice employer must give before terminating  employment:
Notice employee must give before quitting employment:  
What does "notice" mean
Notice refers to a period of time prior to termination of the employment contract. The purpose of notice is to allow the Employee to find other employment or the Employer to find a replacement employee. In most jurisdictions, the law requires Employers to give Employees a notice period (or pay in lieu of notice) before termination.

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Optional Clauses for More Complex Contracts

Select additional clauses you would like to include in the contract:
This clause limits the employee from taking on other jobs that interfere with this job.
This clause says that business opportunities that are similar to or relate to the employer’s business and that come to the employee's attention while an employee of the employer will belong to the employer. This clause also prevents the employee from competing with the employer while employed by the employer.
This clause puts an explicit obligation on the employee not to disclose confidential information of the employer and states that the confidential information belongs to the employer. The term "Confidential Information" is broadly defined and protects everything from trade secrets to customer lists.
How long is the employee restricted from disclosing confidential information?
This clause prevents the employee from inducing other employees or contractors from leaving the employer or interfering with the employer's relationship with other employees in general.
How long is the employee restricted from soliciting employees from the Employer:
This clause prevents the employee from competing with the employer for a time after employment ceases by prohibiting the employee from being involved with a business that is in direct competition with the employer.
How long is the employee prevented from competing with the employer after termination of employment:

Would you like to specify a geographic restriction in your non-competition clause?
What geographic restrictions can the employer make in the Non-competition
clause
You can only prevent an employee from engaging in a business that competes with your business within a geographic area large enough to protect your business. The restriction must be reasonable so that the employee is not restricted from engaging in his or her usual trade in an area that could not affect your business.

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Specify geographic restriction:    from employer's usual place of business

This clause prohibits the employee from entering into contracts for the employer without written authorisation.
This clause authorises the employer to insure the life of the employee and have the proceeds payable to the employer where the employee is essential or integral to the employer's business.
Additional Clauses
How many additional clauses do you want to create?
Schedule 1: Particulars of Employment

Specify date continuous employment will begin?
When should I specify a date of continuous employment?
You should specify a date if the Employee has commenced working for the Employer prior to the start date of this employment contract (e.g. the Employee has continuously worked for the same Employer or another employer where such employment counts towards continuous employment).

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Date:
Is there a collective agreement in place?
Document where details of the agreement may be found:
(e.g. Employee Manual)
Signing Details
Contract to be signed?