Employment Contract Templates
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Introduction of Free Employment Contract Templates in PDF
The Employee Agreement is a legal document specifying the terms and conditions of employment of an employee in the respective organization in which he/she is or will be working and contributing his human input. Employment Agreement is a type of contract commonly executed when a business hires a new employee binding both the parties to follow the clauses as mentioned in the said contract. It may have a range of different employment types like full time, part time and the fixed term.
It set out all of the terms of employment, including the job duties, salary & Remuneration benefits which can be availed, working hours, confidentiality, leaves including annual and monthly and various other key terms.
In most of the cases, once a new employee is recruited, both the employer and employee wants to get started without any delay. However, the employer may wish to first start by providing the employee a letter which states some of the key terms in brief. In these kinds of situations the employer uses a Letter of Offer followed by the Employment Agreement.
The employment agreement is required to be printed on stamp paper which is to be signed by both the employer and the employee and shall keep a copy of the same for their own records.
Note:- An Employment Agreement is not suitable for the contractors and they are recommended to use another legal agreement which is called a Service Agreement.
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Advantages of Employment Agreement
Safeguarding the Interest of Employer
Safeguarding the Interest of Employee
Listing down the Laws of Employment
Setting Expectations for the development of organization as well as employee
Process of Drafting Employment Contract/Agreement
1. Placing request
As we receive a request from you for drafting an Employment Contract/Agreement, our expert team will share a questionnaire to be filed by you for taking your request forward.
2. Drafting of agreement
After receiving the said questionnaire and the information relevant for drafting of the Employment Contract/Agreement we will begin to draft the same and if in need we require any other information the same will be sought by us through a call. Drafting of agreement might take 2-4 business days.
3. Sharing of Ist draft
Once the agreement is ready from our side we will share a draft of the same with you for final approval. If you find the same in order the final copy will be shared in a day and if corrections or additions are required then the same will be revised and verified by our team
4. Sharing of Final Agreement
Our experts will do the needful and the same will be shared with you as final agreement.
Content for the Employment Contract Templates
Terminologies and the definitions of terms for reducing the miscommunication
List of clauses governing Employee Agreement like scope of work for both parties
Responsibilities and duties of both Employer and Employee
Name of the Employer
Stamp Duty;
Signature of both the parties involved
Working hours and leave
Remuneration
Confidentiality and Non Disclosure
Intellectual Property Rights
Non- Competing Clause
Termination of Employment
Arbitration Clause
Dual Employment i.e. one must not take multiple jobs at one point
Is it Compulsory to print the Employment Contract on Stamp Paper
An agreement becomes legally enforceable when it has been properly stamped and the required stamp duty has been paid on the agreement irrespective of the fact that whether an agreement is printed on a letter head of the company or on a plain paper or on a stamp paper. The stamp duty differs from state to state.
Section 17 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 states that "All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in India shall be stamped before or at the time of execution"
Section 2(14) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 also defines "Instrument" as "every document by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded".
Thus, from the provisions it can be concluded that in order to maintain the legal validity of an agreement a right amount of Stamp Duty should be paid depending upon state to state.
Employment Contract Laws
There are various laws applicable for employment services and the said employment is sometimes subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable laws. Each state has their own Shops and Establishments Act which lays down certain terms and conditions regarding the working hours, overtime etc to be done by an employee
Sample of Free Employment Contract Sample in PDF
FAQs on Employment Contract Templates
There are certain advantages of having a well-written employment agreement which are as follows:
- Existence of high level of specificity with regard to the terms of employment;
- Existence of provisions like dispute resolution which protects in case any dispute between the employer and the employee
- For developing a positive relationship between the employer and the employee as it is also an important perspective.
An agreement becomes legally enforceable when it has been properly stamped and the required stamp duty has been paid on the agreement irrespective of the fact that whether an agreement is printed on a letter head of the company or on a plain paper or on a stamp paper as the Section 17 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 states that "All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in India shall be stamped before or at the time of execution".
Yes, one may have a standard Employment Agreement with subtle modifications pertaining to the position at which the employee is admitted, qualifications of the said employee, the experience that an employee has and other such factors as may be necessary. An organization is able to hire satisfied and productive employees if they are willing to alter to make amendments to the Employment Agreement depending upon such factors. However, the overall provisions of the Employment Agreement must be uniform.
No, the letter of offer and the employment agreement both are different from each other. As the letter of offer lays down the terms and conditions along with the benefits that the company is willing to provide to the employee.
The Employment Agreement is the second stage after going through the letter of offer and negotiation carried out between the employer and the employee and thereafter that the terms which are finally agreed upon between the employer and the employee forms a part of the employment agreement.
An agreement becomes legally enforceable when it has been properly stamped and the required stamp duty has been paid on the agreement irrespective of the fact that whether an agreement is printed on a letter head of the company or on a plain paper or on a stamp paper. The stamp duty varies from state to state.
As per the Section 17 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 which states that "All instruments chargeable with duty and executed by any person in India shall be stamped before or at the time of execution"
Section 2(14) of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 also defines "Instrument" as "every document by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded".
Thus, from the provisions it can be concluded that in order to maintain the legal validity of an agreement a right amount of Stamp Duty should be paid depending upon state to state.
There are mainly two kinds of Employment Agreement which are as follows:-
- Collective agreement: It the case where the agreement has been negotiated with one or more than one trade unions;
- Individual agreement: It the case where the agreement is been entered into personally between the employer and the employee;