Employment contracts, also known as employment agreements, are amount the most important legal documents that individual may sign in their lifetime. Despite this, most employees do not take the time to understand properly what their employment contract provides.

A standard employment contract contains information related to the employee’s job, such as their position, responsibilities, compensation, hours of work, vacation entitlements, workplace policies and so on. It is a binding understanding between the employer and employee that will govern the working relationship.

At Wahab Law, we can help you understand the “legalese” of your employment contract as well as strategize and act to ensure your agreement works out in the best interests. We can assist you with the following services related to your employment contract:

1. Review the offer;
2. Explain the offer;
3. Offer an opinion of the offer;
4. Propose changes to the offer to you; and,
5. Guide you in negotiating our proposed changes or acting on your behalf to negotiate the changes; and,
6. If you accept the offer, act as periodic counsel over the course of your employment.

How Much Does An Employment Contract Review Cost? 

In our experience, an employment contract review usually takes the lawyer one hour to read, analyze and discuss the offer with the client and another one or two hours on the client’s follow up questions and negotiations with the employer. To that end, an employment contract review generally costs whatever the lawyer charges by the hour for one to three hours (your circumstances may vary, and we will estimate how long it will take for you).

We conduct in-person and phone call employment contract reviews. We have found that phone employment contract reviews are just as successful as in-person contract reviews. A phone employment contract review is done by reviewing an electronic copy of the offer, and then talking out the law and our opinion just like we would in person.

Finally, we want to point out that we offer a free 15-minute phone consultation to discuss preliminary discussions about contract reviews. However, we do not review the contract or provide advice during this free consultation period.