Day-labour or short-term work agreement (daily pay) template
Work on stated days at daily pay, with no duty to offer or accept more; safety, pay and early end as the law requires. A sample contract you can read in full, edit in QuoteBill and sign online with a secure link.
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Who it is for
For a business, household or farm that hires someone for a day or a few days of paid work and wants the day, hours, daily pay and safety rules written down, with local law setting the minimum rules.
Employment law is mandatory and differs by country: minimum pay, hours, rest, minimum age, safety and social insurance are set by the law where the work is done, so get local advice first.
What it covers
13 clauses, in this order. Each one is in the sample text below, and you can edit, remove or add clauses before you send.
1. Purpose
What the agreement is for: short-term work on the stated day or days with daily pay and no continuing obligation, with the law of the country where the work is done applying as well.
2. Work and place
Blanks for the work, the place and who gives instructions. The Employer may adjust the tasks within the Worker’s skills and what the law allows.
3. Work days and hours
Blanks for the dates, the start and finish times and the breaks. Breaks, maximum hours and pay for overtime, night and holiday work follow the law, with a blank for any extra pay.
4. No continuing obligation
The agreement covers only the stated days and ends when the work is done. Neither side has to offer or accept more work, and the law applies if it treats regular work differently.
5. Pay
Daily pay comes from the price schedule or a blank, with a blank for meals or travel. Tax and social contributions are withheld as the law requires, and a pay record is given where the law asks for one.
6. Age, right to work and guardians
The Worker confirms they are old enough and have the right to work there. Where the law needs it, a parent or guardian signs as a further party, named in a blank.
7. Safety and equipment
The Employer provides a safe workplace, tools, hazard briefing and the protective equipment and training the law requires. The Worker follows the rules and stops work if a situation is dangerous.
8. Accidents and insurance
Injuries and damage are reported at once. Accident cover is as the law requires, with a blank naming it. A blank sets the Worker’s liability for damage to the Employer’s property, as the law provides.
9. Cancellation and early end
The Worker reports an absence in the way a blank sets. If the Employer cancels or ends a day early, a blank sets what is paid, never less than the law requires. Early ending follows the local law.
10. Confidentiality, property and personal data
The Worker keeps the Employer’s confidential information secret, except public information and what the law allows or requires. Tools are returned; personal data is handled as the law requires.
11. Mandatory law and written terms
The local law gives rights this agreement cannot reduce, and applies if the agreement gives less. Where the law asks for a written contract or written terms, this agreement and an attachment supply them, in the form the law requires.
12. Changes and notices
This contract is the whole agreement apart from rights the law gives. Changes need both sides’ written or electronic agreement where the law allows that form, and notices go to the addresses stated.
13. Governing law and disputes
The law you name applies. The sides first try to settle a dispute in good faith, and otherwise the courts you name decide.
A price schedule is optional: add one if you want the amounts in a table, or write the agreed amount into the payment clause.
The sample text
The whole sample, as QuoteBill starts it. Text in double square brackets, like [[10]], is a blank to fill in or check. A figure or time such as [[10]] that you leave as it is is used as shown when you send; a blank that needs your own words must be filled first. The clause text is written in English, Korean, Japanese and German; in other languages a contract starts in English for you to translate.
Read the sample text
Day-Labour or Short-Term Work Agreement
Parties: Employer · Worker
1. Purpose
This agreement sets out the terms on which the Employer employs the Worker for the day or days of work described below. It is for short-term work with daily pay and no continuing obligation. The law of the country where the work is done also applies and may give the Worker more rights than are written here.
2. Work and place
(1) The Worker does this work: [[Description of the work]]
(2) Place of work: [[Address or site of the work]] The Worker takes instructions from [[Supervisor name or role]].
(3) The Employer may adjust the tasks within what suits the Worker’s skills and what the law allows.
3. Work days and hours
(1) Date or dates of work: [[Date or dates of work]]
(2) Start and finish times: [[Start and finish times for each day]], with breaks as follows: [[Break arrangements]]
(3) Rest breaks, the maximum working time and the pay for overtime, night, weekend and public-holiday work are as required by the law of the country where the work is done. Additional pay for such work: [[none / the arrangement]]
4. No continuing obligation
This agreement covers only the date or dates stated above. It ends when that work is finished, and neither party has to offer or accept further work. Further work is agreed separately, on the day or in a new agreement. Where the law treats regular or repeated work differently, for example by giving the Worker more rights, that law applies.
5. Pay
(1) The Employer pays the Worker the daily pay shown in the price schedule of this contract or, if there is none, [[Daily pay and currency, e.g. 100.00 per day before tax]] for each day worked, on the payment terms stated in this contract. Meals, travel or other allowances: [[none / the arrangement]]
(2) The Employer deducts and pays the tax and social contributions that the law requires and gives the Worker a record of the pay where the law requires one.
6. Age, right to work and guardians
The Worker confirms that they are old enough to do this work under the law of the country where the work is done, that they have the right to work there, and that they will show the documents the law requires. If the Worker is under the age at which they can sign for themselves, or the law requires a parent’s or guardian’s consent for this work, a parent or legal guardian also signs this agreement as a further party. Parent or guardian: [[Name and relationship, or not applicable]]
The law may not allow some work, hours or tasks for young people at all.
7. Safety and equipment
The Employer provides a workplace and tools that are safe for the work as the law requires, explains the hazards and the safety rules before the work starts, and provides the protective equipment and training that the law requires: [[Protective equipment provided, or none]]
The Worker follows the safety rules and instructions, uses the equipment only for the work, and does not do work they are not trained or allowed to do. The Worker stops work and tells the Employer at once if a situation is dangerous.
8. Accidents and insurance
The Worker tells the Employer at once about any injury, accident or damage. Accident and injury cover for the Worker is as the law requires: [[Insurance or scheme that covers the Worker, or as required by law]] Each party is responsible for loss or damage it causes, within the limits the law sets. The Worker’s liability for damage to the Employer’s property: [[as the law provides / the limit agreed, where the law allows it]]
9. Cancellation and early end
(1) If the Worker cannot attend, they tell the Employer as soon as possible, by [[How to report, e.g. phone call to the supervisor]].
(2) If the Employer cancels the work or ends a day early, it tells the Worker as soon as possible and pays [[the hours worked / the full day]], and in any case not less than the law requires.
(3) Either party may end the work before it is finished only as the law of the country where the work is done allows.
10. Confidentiality, property and personal data
The Worker keeps the Employer’s confidential information that they learn on the job secret, except public information and what the law allows or requires them to disclose, including reporting wrongdoing to an authority. The Worker looks after the tools and materials the Employer provides and returns them when the work ends. The Employer processes the Worker’s personal data to manage the work and as the law requires, and tells the Worker how it does so.
11. Mandatory law and written terms
The law of the country where the work is done gives the Worker rights that this agreement cannot reduce. If anything in this agreement gives the Worker less than that law requires, that law applies instead. Where that law requires a written contract or written information on the main terms, such as the days, hours and pay, this agreement and the document attached here supply it: [[Attachment, or none]] The parties add whatever is still missing. Where that law requires a particular form for the contract or the written terms, the parties also meet that form.
12. Changes and notices
This contract, including its price schedule, is the entire agreement on this work, apart from the rights the law gives. Changes are valid only if both parties agree to them in writing or in electronic form, where the law allows that form. Notices are given to the addresses stated for the parties, or to another address a party has notified.
13. Governing law and disputes
This agreement is governed by the law stated under Governing law. The parties will first try to settle any dispute in good faith. Otherwise the courts stated under Jurisdiction decide, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.
Payment terms
The pay is paid [[at the end of each day worked / within 7 days after the work]], [[in cash / by bank transfer]], after the deductions the law requires and never later than the law requires.
Governing law
[[Country or state whose law applies]]
Jurisdiction
[[Courts that decide disputes, e.g. the courts of your city]]
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