Position and dutiesThe job title and what the employee is expected to do.
Commencement and probationWhen employment starts and the trial period with short notice.
Salary and benefitsPay, how often it’s paid, and review.
Hours and place of workWorking time and where the work happens, including remote.
HolidayPaid annual leave, usually on top of public holidays.
ConfidentialityObliges each side to keep the other’s non-public information secret and use it only for the deal.
Intellectual propertyDecides who owns what is created — the customer, the supplier, or each their own.In negotiation: Customers: insist deliverables transfer on payment for that work, not 'payment of all invoices ever'. Suppliers: carve out your pre-existing tools and know-how explicitly.
Termination and noticeHow either side ends the employment and how much notice is required.
Post-termination restrictionsLimits on competing or soliciting after leaving — enforceable only so far as reasonable.In negotiation: Enforceable only if narrow: months not years, named clients not 'any client'. Courts strike blanket restraints.
Governing law and jurisdictionChooses which country’s law applies and which courts decide disputes.In negotiation: Pick a forum where you could actually afford to sue — a 'won' clause naming a court you'll never travel to is a loss.