Use this framework to organise a draft for review. It is not a completed agreement or a substitute for adapting the document to the parties, role and applicable law.
Information to cover
- Parties, employing entity and commencement date
- Role, duties, place of work and reporting line
- Working hours, breaks, overtime and recording
- Base pay, variable remuneration and due dates
- Holiday, sickness notification and absence
- Probation, notice and applicable collective rules
- Confidentiality, inventions, data and return of property
Illustrative wording
The employee is employed as [role] from [date]. The regular place of work is [location]. Any agreed mobile-working arrangement is set out in [document].
Before using the document
A fixed term, post-contractual restriction or broad mobility clause needs its own legal review. Complete the statutory essential-terms record and observe any applicable form before work starts.
Check names, dates, authority, collective arrangements and the intended delivery or signing process. Keep a version that shows the terms actually agreed or sent.
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Updated: 8 November 2026. When reusing this framework, acknowledge horak. Attorneys at Law and labourlawyer.de.