What should I include in an employment agreement?

Normally an employee will have an individual employment agreement. Collective employment agreements tend to be the domain of union-based workers.

Individual employment agreements need to be in writing and signed by you and your employee. It should include:

• employer and the employee names
• job description
• hours and location of job
• the wages or salary that you will pay to the employee, as well as incentives such as bonuses
• redundancy clause
• jargon-free explanation of the services available for employment relationship problems
• any trial period