This example is designed to illustrate how our reimaginings of contract terms and contracting processes can be codified into a contract that reflects a generative, equitable employment relationship.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/error_red.svg" alt="/icons/error_red.svg" width="40px" /> Disclaimer: This contract has been created for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to be legal or other professional advice. If you wish to use this document as a starting point for your own employment contract, it is important for you to evaluate the fact that this document can not be relied on and is not a substitute for support from a legal adviser. This document has been created so that you are able to share it with your legal adviser to help scope your briefing / instructions to them.

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Contract: with commentary annotations

Employment contracts, including this example, are ideally not be not one-size-fits-all, but designed to respond to a specific organisational, legal, and design context. We have created an annotated version of this example contract to explain our thought processes and reasons for why we have made the contract’s strategic decisions in this way. ****

We strongly recommend you read this version of the contract with annotations first, before using the contract as a starting point for your own, to understand the context of how that contract was shaped, and reflect on how these constraints or considerations may or may not apply to your own circumstances.

We have tagged these annotations under the key categories below:

Policy Considerations: how we have considered the organisation’s policy, i.e. how its members decide to work together and run their organisation
Legal Considerations: how we have considered the legal frameworks in creating the contract, including how employment law, contract law, etc., has shaped how the contract works.
Design Considerations: how we have considered communications design questions, including information hierarchy, user experience, and how to ensure the nature of the agreement is communicated clearly.

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