In accordance with Russian law, labor relations between an employer and an employee are governed by a special document called an "employment contract".
Typically, an employment contract is concluded upon hiring or after a successfully completed probationary period.
Article 16 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation says that an employment contract is nothing more than a formal agreement between an employee and an employer, which regulates the rights and obligations of both parties.
A properly executed labor contract necessarily has clauses obliging the employer to provide the employee with work and timely wages, and also establishes a certain list of employee duties that do not violate the rights provided for by labor legislation.
In order to draw up an employment contract, we advise you to contact professional lawyers. With their help, you can avoid some ambiguities and mistakes. In addition, a professionally drafted employment contract is a certain guarantee that the rights and obligations of both parties (employer and employee) will be respected.
You can draw up an employment contract if there are the following points in it:
• mandatory indication of the surname, name and patronymic of the employee and the name of the employing organization;
• information about identity documents of both parties to the agreement;
• TIN of the employer (an exception may be an employer who is an individual who is not an individual entrepreneur);
• Place and date of the conclusion of the contract.
In addition, the employment contract must contain the following points:
• Address and place of work. If an employee is accepted to a branch of the company, then the contract must necessarily indicate this;
• A listing of the employee's job responsibilities and the official title of his job. As well as the staffing table, the total salary, the conditions for receiving a bonus or certain benefits and other items;
• Start time of work (exact date) and date of the contract;
• Compensation for hard work and an accurate description of the work to be done (for example, mobile or traveling);
• Conditions of compulsory social insurance and guarantee of deduction of pension contributions.
In addition, the employment contract may contain clauses restricting the freedom of the employee (meaning the rules on non-disclosure of trade secrets or the awareness of certain responsibility for property or information belonging to the employing company).
The rules for drawing up an employment contract are described in more detail and clearly in the labor code of the Russian Federation.
