Online HR documents: Cleardocs expands in Australia with a new employment contract

Christopher Balmford, MD

You’ll be able to order an Employment Contract from Cleardocs Australia in the next week or so. As always, our master document and interface are signed-off by our lawyers at Maddocks — a top 20 Australian Law firm.

The Employment Contract adds to the HR Policies and Procedures Manual that you can already order from Cleardocs. The Contract and the Manual work together so that an employer can use both documents and know that they “match”.

Tailoring the contract for your organisation
As with all our document packages, the standard employment contract is easy to create and you can tailor it to the specific needs of your organisation.

Employees and the contract
You can order the contract:

• for employees who are full-time, part-time, or casual; and
• for new employees and existing employees.

The contract is suitable for employees who are not executives. We are developing an executive employment contract to launch soon.


Benefits of having employment contracts in place
By arranging a Cleardocs standard employment contract for your employees, you:

• help your organisation to comply with the Fair Work Act 2009 and the National Employment Standards (NES); and
• help your organisation and your employees to know what is required of one another.

How much does it cost?
The cost of the standard employment contract varies depending on how many contracts you need:

• for one employee, the fee is $99.00 (inc. GST); but
• for more than one employee we offer a discount — call us on 1300 307 343 to find out about our multi-order discount for the number of contracts you need.

How do you order a standard employment contract?
Once we’ve launched the Employment Contract, you will be able to order it from our website, http://www.cleardocs.com/

If you register with Cleardocs, we will send you an email when we launch the contract.

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Any questions?
If you have any questions about our new standard employment contract, or any other of our products, please call our free helpline on 1300 307 343.