The Expatriate Contract of Employment governs the employment conditions between a company located in one country, which takes on employees (and especially, those of management and senior management cadre) who reside in another country.

1. EXPATRIATE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
1. Definition
2. Parties to the Contract
3. Clauses
4. Annexes
5. Law applicable
6. Model Contract
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2. This contract is intended to apply to the employment conditions
between a company located in one country, which takes on
employees (and especially, those of management and senior
management cadre) who reside in another country.
It is to be used in particular by companies which have
subsidiaries in several countries and contract employees who
will have to move overseas, which involves a set of expenses
and therefore requires the contract to include certain benefits
additional to those of standard and conventional salary.
1. DEFINITION
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3. For each party, the company that offers the employment
and the employee, the following has to be included:
• Name of company, full address and nationality.
• Company type: public limited company, limited liability
company, etc.
• Name and position of company representative who signs
the agreement.
• Name, profession, full address and nationality of person
who acts of the employee.
• Tax ID number of both parties.
2. PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT
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4. The twenty clauses of the contract cover the main
issues such as:
• The appointment to the post (job title)
• Contract period
• Payment (salary plus bonus)
• Paid leave
• Residence and work permits
• Dismissal
• Termination
3. CLAUSES AND SAMPLE
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5. The annexes of the contract include additional benefits
which may be offered to the employee, such as:
• Return travel to his/her home country.
• Accommodations
• Company car
• Medical insurance
• School fees
• Baggage allowance
4. ANNEXES
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6. 5. LAW APPLICABLE
International Law standards are not applied to this type
of Contract.
The parties are free to submit any conflicts regarding the
agreement to International Arbitration or to the Laws of
the country of one of the parties. They will normally be
subject to the Laws of the country where the Company
that hires the Employee is located.
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7. For employees (essentially managers and directors) who are
required to move to a company located in another country,
this model contract may be used as a guide for negotiating
employment conditions with the company which may offer
such employment.
In order to obtain the model contract in Word format and
the user guide, click on:
Expatriate Contract of Employment
6. MODEL CONTRACT
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