A formal contract is a written or oral agreement on the establishment of a working relationship between two people: employer and employee. Both pledge to adhere to the document.

There are different types of contracts with characteristics and conditions that should know. The legislation that regulates is available at the National Employment Institute, or through its website.

Specific contracts

·  Contract training is aimed at young people aged over 16 and under 21 years, although there are exceptions where the students come from schools Workshop. The objective of this contract is to train young people who lack it.

·  Contract work at home (telecommuting): it is one in which the employee performs the task assigned outside the workplace.

·  Contract in practice is designed to give an opportunity to acquire skills in line with academic training to young people who are studying or have just finished their studies.

·  Contract for people with disabilities: for those who have legally recognized disability equal to or above 33The Certification of Disability requested in the Ministry of Social Affairs of each Municipality.

Other types of contracts

·  Contract for research: When recruitment for the completion of a research project or when the employee joins the Spanish system of science and technology.

·  Hand-over: it is one in which a person is hired to serve part-time, covering part of the working day that an employee has left free to partially retire.

·  Contract substitution for early retirement: in recruiting a person to fill the low generated by another that has been retired before the age limit set out in each case.