Expatriate Contract of Employment (E109)

Who can use this expatriate employment contract?

This expatriate form of contract is suitable for a company in one country that employs foreign nationals to work for it.

What are the main issues?

If you send someone to work overseas, you will normally need to give them various benefits that do not apply at home.  These include return airfares at least once or twice a year, accommodation costs in the country and maybe more. And you may need to pay for the employee’s family to accompany them.

You should also get legal advice on the employment laws in the overseas territory. Even if your company is  based in the UK and your employee is a UK citizen,  the laws in that country may say that their employment law applies to the contract.

What detailed terms does the contract contain?

This six page document contains 16 clauses covering

• appointment
• duties of employee
• contract period
• travel
• salary
• accommodation
• leave other benefits
• termination
• dismissal
• overtime
• confidentiality
• taxation
• governing law
• conditional agreement
• scope of the agreement

A detailed Schedule is included, containing a menu of benefits with a number of alternatives (e.g. provision of furnished accommodation or a housing grant) and such matters as settling-in grant, bonus, travel allowances etc. From the information available the company can prepare its own particular schedule.

You need this document if you are a company looking to employ a foreign national.

When I download the document, can I change it and/or use it more than once?

Yes, all ContractStore’s templates are in MS Word and you can use the contract on more than one project. For more information, watch the video on this page of our website or see our FAQs

Legal support

ContractStore supplies templates and is not a law firm.  But all our templates are written by experienced lawyers so we can arrange legal assistance for customers who need special terms in one of our documents or a bespoke template. . For more information see our Legal Services page.

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