Fixed-term contract to replace an employee (Spain)

When to use this document

• ·An employee of yours in Spain is going on maternity or paternity leave and you need cover.
• ·A member of staff is on long-term sick leave and you want to hire someone until they come back.
• ·A colleague has cut their hours and you need someone for the remaining hours.
• ·You need someone in a post temporarily while you finish choosing the permanent person.

What you fill in

The details the document asks for.

• ·City
• ·Date
• ·Person signing for the employer
• ·DNI or NIE of the person signing for the employer (Spanish identity number)
• ·Capacity in which they sign (e.g. sole director, or owner if the employer is an individual)
• ·Employer (company name or, for an individual, full name)
• ·Employer's NIF (Spanish tax number)
• ·Employer's address (registered office, for a company)
• ·Company's entry in the Spanish Registro Mercantil (if any)
• ·Employee
• ·Employee's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
• ·Employee's address
• ·Full-time or part-time
• ·Kind of replacement
• ·Employee being replaced: full name (if any)
• ·Precise description of the cause, the specific circumstances and how they relate to the term
• ·Start date
• ·When the replacement ends (e.g. “until the replaced employee returns”)
• ·Position
• ·Professional group or category under the collective agreement
• ·Collective agreement applied: name, code and official bulletin it was published in (or “none”)
• ·Duties
• ·Place of work
• ·Trial period (e.g. “two months” or “no trial period”)
• ·Weekly working hours
• ·Working hours
• ·Salary in words
• ·Gross base salary
• ·Other components of pay
• ·How the two extra payments are paid
• ·Method of payment
• ·Day of payment
• ·Who covers work accidents and occupational illness (the mutua or Spain's INSS)
• ·Additional terms

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