Do you have a business in Mexico and are starting with the whole hiring process in order to expand and build your business? The first thing you will need to get started is a contrato de trabajo individual or standard contract to formalise the legal obligations of each party involved.
Contrato de Trabajo Individual?
So what is a contrato de trabajo individual?
A contrato de trabajo is an official document involving two parties: the employer and the employee. This document explicitly details each party’s rights and obligations to each other.
Article 20 of the Federal Labour Law states that by definition a contrato de trabajo individual is a legal contract by which one person is obliged to lend services to another in exchange for a salary. According to the law, at least two copies of the contract should be created in order for each party to have a copy for safekeeping.
The Federal Labour Law of Mexican legislation details a few mandatory points which the legal document should contain. If you are drafting a contrato de trabajo individual, be sure to include the following:
- Name of employee, nationality, age, gender and marital status
- Address of both parties
- If the contract is for a specific or undetermined period of time
- A detailed explanation of the services lent
- The place where services are to be provided
- Workday hours
- The amount and form of payment
- The day salary is received
- If employee training will be provided by the company
- Other conditions such as the number of vacation days and work days allowed
With this information, three types of contracts can be created: fixed term contracts, contracts for an indefinite period of time, and contracts per projects or service completed. However, before these contracts can be created, you must form or incorporate a company in Mexico.
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