Employment Contracts

Sample Employment Contract Provisions

Listed below are some common provisions that you will find in standard employment contracts. You should not use any of these provisions without first consulting with a qualified lawyer. Any individual provision may or may not be designed for your protection and may or may not be enforceable in your particular jurisdiction.

The first question you should ask is whether or not you should be entering into an employment contract with any employee. Even that question should be answered only after consultation with a qualified employment lawyer.

• Arbitration Provision
• Arm’s Length Provision
• Assignability Provision
• Authority to Enter into Agreement Provision
• Authority To Enter Into Provision
• Beneficiaries Provision
• Bonus Provision
• Bonus, General Provision
• Business Ethics Provision
• Business Ethics, Compliance with Provision
• Car Insurance Provision
• Change in Control Provision
• Compensation Provision
• Compensation, Commissions Provision
• Compensation, Commissions, Post Termination Provision
• Compensation, General Provision
• Compensation, Post Termination Provision
• Confidential Information, Defined Provision
• Confidential Information, General Provision
• Confidential Information, Non-Disclosure Provision
• Counterparts Provision
• Covenants, General Provision
• Damages Provision
• Damages, General Provision
• Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Provision
• Disability Provision
• Disability, Defined Provision
• Employee Acknowledgements Provision
• Employee Benefits Provision
• Enforcement, Attorney’s Fees Provision
• Enforcement, Choice of Law Provision
• Enforcement, General Provision
• Enforcement, Reformation Provision
• Entire Understanding Provision
• Equal Employment Opportunity Provision
• Equity Incentives Provision
• Exclusivity of Employment Provision
• Execution Tags Provision
• Expense Reimbursement Provision
• Full Time & Attention Provision
• Future Employment, Best Efforts Provision
• Headings Provision
• Indemnification Provision
• Intellectual Property, Ownership Provision
• Job Duties Provision
• Litigation, Duty to Cooperate Provision
• Litigation, Non-Disclosure Provision
• Nature of Payments Provision
• Net Sales, Defined Provision
• No Mitigation, No Offset Provision
• Non-Compete, Enforcement Period Provision
• Non-Compete, General Provision
• Non-Compete, Necessity of Court Action Provision
• Non-Compete, Reasonableness Provision
• Non-Disparagement Provision
• Non-Solicitation Provision
• Obligation to Disclose Provision
• Opening Recitations Provision
• Perquisites Provision
• Providing Notice Provision
• Renewal of Contract Provision
• Return of Company Property Provision
• Severability Provision
• Subsidiary, Defined Provision
• Successors And Assigns Provision
• Survivorship Provision
• Term of Employment Provision
• Termination Following Change of Control Provision
• Termination For Cause Provision
• Termination for Cause, Constructive Provision
• Termination Without Cause, General Provision
• Termination, Death or Disability Provision
• Termination, General Provision
• Voting Stock, Defined Provision