Employment Contract Template South Africa | Value Pack

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT TEMPLATE WORD DOCUMENT BUNDLE

Who should use template Employment Contracts? If your business employs employees in a variety of roles, including salaried, on commission, or on a temporary basis.

What does the Employment Contract pack include?

The documents consist of:

1. Employment Contract – Commission-based (with probation) valued at R 1085,37.


2. Employment Contract – Salary-based (with probation) valued at R 1085,37.


3. Temporary Employment Contract – Fixed-term valued at R 1085,37.


4. Temporary Employment Contract - project-based valued at R 1085,37.


5. Executive Employment Contract valued at R 1085,37.


6. Employee Secrecy Undertaking valued at R 765,66.


7. Restraint of Trade valued at R 720,29.

• Our Employment Contract Template [Microsoft Word.doc] is useful to implement If your company employs employees in a variety of roles and salary structures, including salaried whereby employees receive normal payment, on commission, or on a temporary basis.


• When appointing an employee, select the appropriate Employment Agreement example.


• Read the document to ensure that it suits your requirements. Make any changes that you may require.


• Add in the relevant details as indicated in the document, sign the agreement, and get your newly-appointed employee to sign as well.


• Note – it is also advisable to implement a set of Policies and Procedures of employment in your workplace, detailing various other company procedures and policies not covered in the Employment Contract.


• The Employee Secrecy Undertaking may be used together with any of the Employment Contracts.

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• Leave practices which include annual leave, sick leave and sick leave cycle, days of family responsibility leave as well as the circumstances which apply, Official public holidays, and the leave cycle period applicable per one year worked at the company.


• Notice period, termination of employee's duties by the employer as well as confidentiality on the side of the employee.


• The contract of employment sets out basic conditions of the employee’s employment such as the hours the employee works per week and per working day, meal intervals for each hour worked and lunch break as well as covering overtime for any extra hours worked by the employee and sets out whether the company offers paid overtime to its staff.


• Any Benefit offered such as Pension Fund benefits and Medical Aid benefits; The template is editable and the business can choose the option suited to them.

• In South Africa, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act regulates an employment agreement and stipulates, among other things, that all employees are entitled to certain benefits, such as a minimum wage a company is allowed to pay persons employed by the company as a salary, a maximum number of working hours per day, week and month, and a minimum number of day's paid sick leave.


• In addition, the act also specifies that an employee is entitled to days family responsibility leave when necessary. This is leave that is granted, for example, to employees who need to take time off work to attend to family matters or a family occasion such as the illness of a family member, the birth of a child or a death in the family.


• The contract of employment also outlines the terms and conditions under which the employee works, including their salary, termination conditions and notice of termination. For example, the employment agreement may state that the employee agrees to work for a specific period for a certain number of hours and that they will receive normal/ full pay for their services during this time.


• The employment contract may also include provisions related to duties the employee undertakes to perform during the employee's term of employment, confidentiality, and any referred company policies. For example, if the employee is working as a domestic worker, the contract may specify that they are not allowed to disclose confidential information about the employee's employer or their employer's family.


• The Contract of employment sets out the duties and responsibilities of both parties, confidentiality on the side of the employee and consequences for breach of such confidentiality clause, as well as what may constitute as valid grounds for employment to be terminated under this document whilst also addressing an employee's last working day.


• In some cases, and employee may be paid overtime or double pay for hours worked on days such as on a public holiday or other days designated within the employment contract as paid double days. However, it is important to note that the terms and conditions of employment, such as the hours and employee works, may vary subject to the company, industry and the nature of the job that the employee is employed to do.


• Subject to provisions referred to within employment legislation any changes made to the employment contract, such as changes to the hours an employee works per week, or any other changes made by an employer/ company or at the request of an employee must be in writing and signed by both the employer/ company representative and employee to constitute a valid amendment.