An employment contract with a defined start and end date, covering duties, compensation, renewal mechanics, and early-termination clauses. Use it when hiring for a project, cover, or season with a clear end.
This agreement sets out the terms of employment for a fixed period. It records the role, the term, compensation, and how the agreement may be renewed or ended early, and takes effect once both parties sign.
Company name (the "Company") employs Employee full name (the "Employee") in the position of Role title, reporting to Manager name and title.
The Employee is eligible for the Company's standard benefits and paid-time-off programs as in effect from time to time, applied proportionally to the term where the relevant plan works that way. Benefit plans are governed by their own terms and may change; this agreement does not promise any specific plan.
The Employee's primary work location is Work location. Any remote or hybrid arrangement follows the Company's remote work policy.
This agreement, together with the documents it references, is the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter and replaces prior discussions and offers. Amendments must be in writing and signed by both parties.
Employee: ✍ Employee signature Date: Employee signature date
For the Company: ✍ Company signature Date: Company signature date
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Jurisdiction note
Many jurisdictions limit the duration or number of consecutive fixed-term contracts, require specific reasons for using them, or convert repeated renewals into indefinite employment. Have local counsel review the term and renewal clauses before use.
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