Contract
of employment by corporation
Agreement made this _________ day of _________,
_________[year], between _________ Company, a corporation created and
existing under the laws of the State of _________, referred to as employer [or
master or principal or company], and _________, of _________, referred to as
employee [or servant or agent or manager], provides that:
1. In consideration of the mutual agreements, employer
[or whatever term is used in commencement to designate] hires and employs
employee [or whatever term is used in commencement to designate], and employee
[or _________] agrees to work for and enter the service of employer [or
_________], under the following terms agreed upon.
2. Employee is engaged to work in the capacity of
_________[state nature of work.]
3. The place where the work is to be done and the
services rendered is the City of _________, State of _________.
4. Employee shall enter into the service and commence
work on the _________ day of _________, _________[year], and the
employment shall continue for the period of _________ unless sooner terminated
as provided and for any further period as is provided.
5. Employee agrees as follows:
a. To devote his [her] entire time, skill, labor and
attention to employment, during the term of this employment. The words
"entire time" are intended to mean _________.
b. To observe working hours which shall be from
_________ to _________ on weekdays and from _________ to _________ on
Saturdays.
c. Not to, either during the term of the employment or
at any time afterward, disclose to any person, firm or corporation any
information concerning the business or affairs of employer which he [she] may
have acquired in the course of or as incident to employment, for his [her] own
benefit, or to the detriment or intended or probable detriment of employer.
d. Not to engage, on the termination for any cause
whatever of employment, in the same or similar line of business as that now
carried on by employer, or engage to work for any individual, firm, or
corporation engaged in this line or similar line of business, in _________, for
a period of _________ years from the time the employment under this contract
ceases.
e. That any inventions by employee during the term of
this contract, relating to _________, shall belong to employer.
6. Employer agrees as follows:
a. To pay employee $_____ per week [or month or
otherwise as agreed] payable each _________[or as agreed upon] during
the period of employment.
b. To give employee _________ weeks' vacation each
year during the life of this contract, without deduction of compensation, the
time for vacation in each year to be fixed by employer.
7. This employment shall terminate before the
expiration of the period of _________ years [or as the case may be] as follows:
a. By either party giving to the other party
_________-days' [or weeks' of months'] written notice of intention to
terminate.
b. In the event of the death or total incapacity for
business of employee, or upon employer ceasing to carry on the business or
becoming bankrupt.
c. In case of sickness of employee or other cause
incapacitating him from attending to his duties as _________ for _________
consecutive weeks, employer may terminate this agreement without notice upon
payment to employee of $_____ in lieu of notice in addition to all arrears of
salary and commission when ascertained up to the date of termination.
8. This agreement constitutes and expresses the whole
agreement of the parties in reference to any employment of employee by
employer, and in reference to any of the matters or things provided for, or
discussed or mentioned in reference to employment, all promises,
representations and understandings are merged.
In witness, etc.