Employment contract template (US)

Employment Agreement

This Employment Agreement is made on Agreement Date between Employer Name, a Employer Entity Type and State ("Company"), and Employee Name ("Employee").

1. Position and Start Date

Employee will work as Job Title, reporting to Manager Title, starting on Start Date, at Work Location.

2. At-Will Employment

Unless the law of the governing state provides otherwise, employment is at-will: either party may end it at any time, with or without cause or notice. Nothing in this Agreement promises employment for any period. Only a writing signed by Authorized Officer Title can change this.

3. Pay

Company will pay Pay Amount per Pay Period, less lawful withholdings, on its regular paydays. This position is classified as Exempt or Non-Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and applicable state law. A non-exempt Employee will be paid overtime as the law requires and must have overtime approved in advance; unapproved overtime that is worked will still be paid.

4. Benefits and Leave

Employee may join the benefit plans Company offers to similar employees, under the terms of those plans: Benefits Summary. Paid time off: Paid Time Off. Company will provide all leave required by federal, state and local law.

5. Eligibility to Work

This offer depends on Employee completing Form I-9 and showing eligibility to work in the United States within the time federal law requires. Other Lawful Conditions, such as a background check, with notice and consent as the law requires

6. Duties and Policies

Employee will perform the job in good faith and follow Company's lawful policies. Company is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

7. Confidentiality

During and after employment, Employee will not use or disclose Company's non-public business information except for Company's benefit. Nothing in this Agreement limits Employee's rights to discuss wages, hours or working conditions, or to report possible violations of law to a government agency. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), an individual will not be held liable under federal or state trade secret law for disclosing a trade secret in confidence to a government official or an attorney solely to report or investigate a suspected violation of law, or in a document filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding.

8. Inventions

Work Employee creates within the scope of employment belongs to Company to the extent the law allows. Employee assigns to Company all rights in such work. This does not apply to inventions that the law of the governing state protects from assignment.

9. Final Pay and Company Property

On separation, Company will pay all final wages within the time state law requires. Employee will return Company property. Any deduction from pay will be made only as federal and state law allow.

General Terms

Governing law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Governing State, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any lawsuit will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Venue County and State.

Entire agreement. This Agreement is the parties' complete agreement on its subject and replaces all earlier discussions. It may be changed only in a writing signed by both parties.

Severability. If a court finds any part of this Agreement unenforceable, that part will be enforced to the extent the law allows, and the rest stays in effect.

Assignment. Neither party may assign this Agreement without the other's written consent, except to a successor to its whole business.

Notices. Notices must be in writing and sent to the addresses the parties give each other in writing, by personal delivery, certified mail or a nationally recognized courier.

Counterparts and e-signatures. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts and by electronic signature, which has the same effect as an original.

| Company | Employee |

| --- | --- |

| Signature: Company Signature | Signature: Employee Signature |

| Name: Company Printed Name | Name: Employee Printed Name |

| Date: Company Signing Date | Date: Employee Signing Date |