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How to add and manage employment contracts

Step-by-step guide to creating and editing employment contracts in Begin.

Written by Geidi Steinberg

Employment contracts in Begin store information about an employee's employment terms — including the contract period, position, and working hours. This is useful for tracking contract types and generating accurate reports. This feature is available to Admins.

How to add a contract

  1. Go to Employees and open the employee's profile.

  2. Navigate to the Contracts tab.

  3. Click Add Contract.

  4. Fill in the contract details:

    General information:

    • Contract Number — an optional reference number for the contract

    • Contract Type — the type of employment contract

    • Comments — optional notes about the contract

    • Start Date — when the contract begins

    • End Date — when the contract ends (leave empty for indefinite contracts)

    • Object - (optional)

    • Hourly Wage — the employee's hourly rate (optional)

    • Base Wage — the employee's base salary (optional)

    Overtime calculation:

    • Workload — the employee's workload (e.g., 1.0 for full-time, 0.5 for half-time)

    • Working schedule type - (Mon-Fri for workers with fixed working hours; Mon-Sun for workers according to schedule)

    • Working Hours — contracted hours per period

  5. Click Save changes.

How to edit a contract

  1. Open the employee's profile and go to the Contracts tab.

  2. Hover your mouse cursor over the contract you want to edit

  3. Three dots will appear on the right, click Edit.

  4. Make your changes and click Save changes.

Multiple contracts

An employee can have multiple contracts over time. For example, if an employee's working hours change or they get a new position, you can add a new contract with the updated information. The previous contract remains in the history for reference.

NB: make sure to have only 1 active contract per person by adding end time for the previous contract.

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