What the AI asks about the job
An employment contract depends on the country and region more than most documents, so first choose the governing law: Russia, the United States with a choice of state, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the UAE (including DIFC and ADGM) or Kazakhstan. The assistant will then ask who the employer is — a company or a sole trader; the job title and duties; the place of work, including remote or hybrid work; the start date and, for a fixed-term contract, its term; probation; the amount, currency and timing of pay; working hours and rest; and the document language. Questions come in groups of up to six, and employee details you have not provided are never invented.
Essential terms and your side
The list of mandatory terms of an employment contract is set by national law: typically the place of work, the job duties, the start date, the pay terms and, for a fixed-term contract, its term and the reason for it. Legal looks up these requirements before drafting. Choose your side: an employer needs clearly defined duties, a probation procedure, confidentiality, rights to work results and return of equipment. An employee needs the exact amount and timing of pay, holidays, grounds for dismissal and no terms worse than the law provides. Anything the AI suggests on its own, such as the length of probation, is shown separately as an assumption until you agree it.
Employment contract or contractor agreement
In many countries employment cannot be replaced with a services or contractor agreement: if someone works permanently in a position and follows the employer's rules, such an agreement may be reclassified. If what you actually need is a contractor for a specific task, say so — the AI will draft a different type of document. The finished employment contract opens in the editor: add the employee's details, check the clauses against the company's internal rules, sign it and save it as PDF, DOCX, ODT, RTF, HTML, MD or TXT. Save the employer's details once in a party profile to reuse them in every new contract.
Limitations
Drafting an employment contract with legal research is available on Plus ($5 per month) and Pro ($10 per month). The draft is a working version to be checked, not a legal opinion: Legal does not keep HR records, does not file notifications with government authorities and does not check the contract against the employer's internal rules, collective agreements or tax requirements. Employment law changes often, so the current version of any provision found must be checked separately; when hiring a foreign employee or dismissing someone, show the document to a lawyer or HR specialist.
Check your own employment contract in Legal
Received an employment contract or offer from an employer? Upload the document and run a review, choosing “Employee” or “Employer” in “Whose interests are we reviewing?”. The AI will analyse up to 30 material terms — probation, pay and bonuses, rights to work results, processing of personal data, liability, termination and disputes — quote the clauses and compare them with provisions from official sources of the selected country. The report can be exported together with the sources and the steps before signing.
Review an employment contract ↗Questions about employment contracts
Is the draft suitable for a specific country?
Choose the country and region — Legal looks up the requirements for an employment contract on official portals, and the draft only cites provisions whose full text was retrieved. The AI does not make up article numbers. The draft still has to be checked against the employer's internal rules.
Can I draft a contract for a remote employee?
Yes. Say that the work is remote or hybrid, where the employee is located and how results and equipment are handed over. If the employee lives in another country, say so: the governing law needs particularly careful checking in that case.
Can the salary be in a foreign currency?
State the amount and currency in the conversation — the AI will put them into the draft and look up the selected country's requirements for paying wages. Whether pay in a foreign currency is allowed depends on national law, so check this clause separately.
Will the AI invent the employee's details?
No. ID details, addresses, tax numbers and bank details are never invented: anything unknown is marked with [FILL IN: …] fields. The employer's details can be saved once in a party profile and inserted into every new contract.
How is an employment contract different from a contractor agreement?
An employment contract governs work in a position under the employer's rules, with wages and social guarantees; a services agreement covers a specific task for a fee. If you need the latter, choose a services agreement: in Legal it is a different document type.
Can I check an employment contract my employer gave me?
Yes. Upload it, run a review and choose the “Employee” side. The AI will quote the questionable clauses, explain the risk and suggest draft edits. Few findings do not prove there are no risks.
Can I later draft an addendum for a pay rise?
Yes. Create a contract addendum and select the original employment contract in the “Basis document” field — the assistant will take its terms into account and change only what you specify.
How much does drafting cost?
Drafting an employment contract with legal research is available on Plus ($5 per month) and Pro ($10 per month). Free includes the chat, editor, export and the local check of typical clauses.
