Written employment contract for a permanent full-time or part-time employee. Not required by law — the National Employment Standards and the applicable Modern Award apply automatically and cannot be undercut by contract — but standard practice for every employer.
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT (FULL-TIME / PART-TIME)
This Contract is made between Employer name (ABN Employer ABN), the "Employer", and Employee name, the "Employee".
1. POSITION AND CLASSIFICATION 1.1. The Employee is employed as "Position / job title" from Start date, on a Employment type basis, at the place of work: Place of work. 1.2. The Employee is classified under: Award & classification level. The applicable Modern Award (if any) sets minimum pay rates, penalty rates, allowances, and minimum engagement periods that apply in addition to, and cannot be undercut by, this contract.
2. PAY 2.1. The Employee will be paid Pay rate, which must be no less than the minimum rate under the applicable award/classification and the National Minimum Wage in force at the time of payment.
3. HOURS OF WORK 3.1. Guaranteed hours pattern (part-time employees only): Guaranteed hours pattern (part-time only) 3.2. For part-time employees, this agreed pattern of hours may only be changed by mutual written agreement, consistent with the applicable award.
4. NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AND LEAVE 4.1. Leave entitlements & NES reference 4.2. The 11 National Employment Standards (NES) under the Fair Work Act 2009 apply to this employment regardless of anything in this contract, and this contract cannot provide an entitlement less favourable than the NES or the applicable award.
5. PROBATION 5.1. A probationary period of Probationary period (months) months applies from the start date.
6. TERMINATION 6.1. Notice of termination 6.2. This is subject to the minimum notice periods under the NES in any event.
7. DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES 7.1. Deductions from the Employee's pay will only be made where authorised in writing by the Employee or required by law, in accordance with section 324 of the Fair Work Act 2009.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY 8.1. Confidentiality clause
SIGNATURES Employer ______________ / on behalf of Employer name / Employee ______________ / Employee name /
— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Australian workplace, consumer-protection, food safety, and work health & safety law combines uniform federal rules (Fair Work Act 2009, the National Employment Standards, the applicable Modern Award, the Australian Consumer Law) with state- and territory-specific rules that this template flags with ⚠️ but does not resolve for you — have it reviewed and adapted by a lawyer before use, check the current Fair Work Ombudsman resources at fairwork.gov.au (including free official templates and the P.A.C.T. pay calculator), and confirm the Modern Award classification and minimum pay rate in force on the date of use (rates change every 1 July).
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Classify carefully — misclassification under the wrong award level is a leading cause of underpayment claims
Must be at or above the current award minimum for the classification and employment type
Part-time employees under hospitality/retail awards must have an agreed regular pattern of hours recorded in writing, changeable only by agreement
Annual leave, personal/carer's leave, and the other National Employment Standards apply on top of this contract
Commonly 6 months
NES minimum notice applies as a floor regardless of what is stated here
4 of 14 fields are taken from the company, employee or counterparty record, the questionnaire can be dictated to the AI, and the finished document comes with a number, a PDF and an acknowledgement record.