Sign a contract involves a commitment to perform a specific task for remuneration. The contract to be valid must meet certain requirements.

A worker at the time of signing should carefully read the contract and make sure what is in the writing. Signed the contract, the employer is obliged to register at the relevant government agencies and provide a copy to the employee.

Data to be included in contracts

A worker at the time of signing the contract should note that it appears the data concerning their own identity, that of the company and the specific circumstances in which it will develop the employment relationship.

·  The data appear to be indispensable are:

·  Name and identity card of the person who acts on behalf of the company in the signing of the contract.

·  Registered address, tax identification number (CIF) and Social Security of the company.

·  Name and identity card of the worker.

·  Number of affiliation to the Social Security worker.

·  Date of commencement and completion of the contract.

·  Collective Agreement will be followed in the development of the employment relationship.

·  Wages may receive.

·  Duration of the working day and time when it will take place.

·  Holidays and permits.

·  Duration of the trial period, if it exists.

·  Type of contract, ie if it is part-time or full and whether it is temporary or permanent.

·  Number of days they must produce the notice for termination of contract.

Procedures for signing a contract

The contract, in addition to the worker himself, it must be signed and sealed by the company. When both parties comply with this procedure, the employer is required to do the following steps:

Providing a copy of the contract to the legal representatives of the workers within 10 days. In it must not include any data that identify the worker.

Communicating through copy delivered by hand or via internet signature of the contract the Public Employment Service. This must be done within 10 working days of signing.

Providing a copy of the contract to the worker once it has been legalized and discharged at the Public Employment Services.

Inform the employee for all aspects relating to their employment circumstances, if not included in the contract and the length of it is more than 4 weeks.

Worth noting

Periods test is not mandatory, but if there should be a certain amount of time and it has included in the contract. Normally establishing periods of 15 days.

The maximum length of these periods are usually stipulated in the collective agreement. Otherwise must adhere to the following:

·  Do not exceed six months in the case of technical graduates.

·  Do not exceed two months in the case of other workers.

Remarks

Usually the initial contracts usually have a duration of three months or six months. After that contracts tend to spend undefined. Moreover, after 24 months worked in the same company within 30 months, the contract should become mandatory indefinite form.