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.

For situations requiring a confidentiality agreement, try our Confidentiality Agreement.

We regularly maintain this contract. Last Modified: November 2009
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.com)
Fax:
Nature:
Employee

Name:
Address: (e.g. Address, Town/City, County Postcode)
Phone:
Email: (e.g. employee@host.com)
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: 
Will Employee be required to work at other locations?
List addresses here:
What are the employee's normal hours of work?

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)
Provide details here:
(e.g. 8 hours Monday to Friday from 8 am - 12 noon and 1 pm - 5 pm)
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. fortnightly)
(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

Would you like to 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.
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)
Superannuation
Do you want to provide superannuation payments beyond the required minimum?
Describe Payments:

(e.g. the Employer will pay 3 percent of the Employee's base salary, in addition to the statutory minimum, into the superannuation fund)

Annual Leave
Number of paid weeks of annual leave:  (e.g. 4)
How much annual leave is the Employee entitled to receive
Most full-time workers receive four weeks annual leave for every 12 months worked. Part-time employees are entitled to four weeks annual leave but paid on a pro rata basis. Casual workers generally do not receive annual leave. To compensate, they are paid a loading on top of their normal rate of pay.

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Optional Clauses for More Complex Contracts

Select optional 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 prevented 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 prevented 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?
Geographic Restriction:
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 (e.g. 25 km from the Employer's place of business).

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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.
Termination of Employment

Notice employer must give before terminating employment:
Number of week(s):  (e.g. 4 weeks)

Notice the employee must give before terminating employment:
Number of week(s):  (e.g. 4 weeks)
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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Dispute Resolution
Type of dispute resolution clause:
Note: Ensure you attach your dispute resolution procedure to the contract and mark it as "Appendix A"
Additional Clauses
How many additional clauses do you want to create?
Signing Details
Contract to be signed?