Parties

• Employer
• Employee

When To Use

For use as a complete employment agreement including both (i) compensation-related terms and conditions, and (ii) intellectual property ownership and confidentiality provisions.

Employment may be for an indefinite term and terminable at any time for any reason ("at will" employment), or for a specific term and terminable only for cause.

This is a complete agreement in traditional legal contract format that includes intellectual property ownership and confidentiality provisions.

For an agreement that is in letter format, see our Employment Offer Letter (W/O IP-Confidentiality) which is intended for use in tandem with a separate Intellectual Property Ownership And Confidentiality Contract.

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This is not a static downloadable form -- my embedded logic selects, orders, arranges, and formats my carefully worded clauses from the ContractMaker database and "intelligently" assembles your document -- you're empowered to create a near-custom agreement with 1000's of meaningful variations.

Features And Options

• Compensation-related options provide for re-location and related expenses, bonus compensation, and stock options
• Intellectual property options include intellectual property ownership (work made for hire), non-disclosure, and non-competition issues
• Coverage of patent, copyright, and trade secret ownership and assignment
• Optional covenant not to compete
• Option for notice to monitor email, voice mail, computer usage and telephone calls

Unlimited Drafting Benefit

One of the great benefits of our ContractMaker service is that if you're not sure how to structure your transaction, or if you want to develop "fall back" positions for negotiation purposes, you may draft alternate variations of this document at no extra charge to assist you in developing your strategies.