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This skill helps you draft legally sound employment contracts, offer letters, and HR policies with templates tailored to your jurisdiction.

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---
name: employment-contract-templates
description: Create employment contracts, offer letters, and HR policy documents following legal best practices. Use when drafting employment agreements, creating HR policies, or standardizing employment documentation.
---

# Employment Contract Templates

Templates and patterns for creating legally sound employment documentation including contracts, offer letters, and HR policies.

## Use this skill when

- Drafting employment contracts
- Creating offer letters
- Writing employee handbooks
- Developing HR policies
- Standardizing employment documentation
- Preparing onboarding documentation

## Do not use this skill when

- You need jurisdiction-specific legal advice
- The task requires licensed counsel review
- The request is unrelated to employment documentation

## Instructions

- Confirm jurisdiction, employment type, and required clauses.
- Choose a document template and tailor role-specific terms.
- Validate compensation, benefits, and compliance requirements.
- Add signature, confidentiality, and IP assignment terms as needed.
- If detailed templates are required, open `resources/implementation-playbook.md`.

## Safety

- These templates are not legal advice; consult qualified counsel before use.

## Resources

- `resources/implementation-playbook.md` for detailed templates and checklists.

Overview

This skill creates employment contracts, offer letters, and HR policy documents that follow common legal best practices. It helps standardize employment documentation across roles and employment types. Use it to produce clear, enforceable templates that you can tailor to jurisdiction and company specifics.

How this skill works

I prompt for jurisdiction, employment type (e.g., full-time, part-time, contractor), key role details, and compensation/benefit terms. Then I generate a draft template with essential clauses—confidentiality, intellectual property, termination, and compliance—and flag items that need local legal review. You receive a ready-to-edit document and a checklist of required validations to complete before issuance.

When to use it

Drafting a new employment contract for a hire or role change
Preparing offer letters with standardized language and variable fields
Creating or updating employee handbooks and HR policies
Standardizing employment documents across teams or locations
Onboarding documentation preparation and role-specific addenda

Best practices

Always confirm the applicable jurisdiction and employment classification up front
Use the template as a starting point and tailor compensation, hours, and leave terms to the role
Include explicit confidentiality, IP assignment, and data protection clauses when relevant
Flag any unusual provisions for review by licensed counsel in the appropriate jurisdiction
Keep a version history and approval trail for policy and contract updates

Example use cases

Generate a full-time employment agreement for a US-based software engineer with stock option language
Create a concise offer letter for a remote contractor with payment terms and scope of work
Draft an updated workplace privacy policy and insert it into an employee handbook
Produce a termination and severance clause template to standardize exit processes
Prepare role-specific addenda for interns, executives, or consultants

FAQ

Is this legal advice?

No. The templates reflect common best practices but are not a substitute for licensed legal counsel.

Can templates be tailored for different countries?

Yes. Provide the jurisdiction and employment classification so templates include locally relevant clauses to the extent possible; always obtain local legal review.