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Minutes appointing or removing the president of an SAS or the manager of an SARL (France)

Why it matches: Your company’s manager has resigned and you need minutes recording the end of office and the successor.

For recording the appointment of a new president of a French SAS or SASU, or manager of an SARL or EURL, the end of the previous one's office (removal, resignation or end of term), or both, by decision of the sole member, the meeting or a deed signed by all. It gives the effective date, term and pay, and the person appointed signs to accept. The change is then declared online on the one-stop business formalities portal, with the legal notice and the new officer's declaration of no conviction. In French.

Resolution appointing or removing a director (Cyprus)

Why it matches: A director has resigned and the company needs to record the change.

A Cypriot company's resolution appointing a new director, removing a director or recording a resignation under the Companies Law, Cap. 113: the company's details with its HE number, how the decision is taken, the director's details with identity card, passport or ARC number, the date it takes effect, the appointee's acceptance and who files. Section 178 allows a director to be removed without consent by ordinary resolution at a general meeting, after 28 days' special notice; the articles may provide another route too. The change is notified separately to the Registrar of Companies on form HE4 within 14 days.

Request to correct a certificate of employment (świadectwo pracy) (Poland)

Why it matches: The certificate says you resigned, but the contract actually ended another way.

A request to the employer to correct errors in the Polish certificate of employment — the wrong period of employment, the wrong way the contract ended, the wrong amount of leave taken. It is made within 14 days of receiving the certificate; if the employer refuses, a claim can go to the labour court within 14 days of being told. The letter says what is wrong, what it should say, and why.

Landlord's reminder of rent arrears (Austria)

The landlord's formal reminder to a tenant in Austria who is behind with the rent: the amounts owed for each month, the total, a deadline and the account. Under the Austrian Tenancy Act (MRG) a court notice to quit for arrears (§ 30 Abs 2 Z 1 MRG), like ending the lease under § 1118 of the Austrian Civil Code (ABGB), requires a reminder after the rent fell due that states the arrears specifically. You choose which step follows if the tenant does not pay. The court notice itself is not a letter but is filed at the district court — this is the reminder that must come first. In German.

Request for a certificate of employment and end-of-job documents (Italy)

Why it matches: You have left a job in Italy and your former employer has still not sent your last payslip and CU.

For someone who has left or is leaving a job in Italy and asks the employer for the final documents: the certificate of employment under art. 2124 of the Italian Civil Code, giving the period and the duties, which the employer must issue whatever the reason the job ended; the last payslip and the severance (TFR) statement; the Certificazione Unica tax statement, due within twelve days of the request when the job ends during the year. Sent by registered post, PEC or by hand. In Italian.

General self-declaration in lieu of certificates (Italy)

Why it matches: You are applying for a public-sector job in Italy and must declare your qualifications.

An Italian free-form self-declaration, in Italian (art. 46 of Presidential Decree 445/2000), stating personal status, qualities and facts in place of a certificate: an educational qualification, membership of a professional register, being alive, income and the other cases the law lists. With the warning on penalties (art. 76) and the note on signing (art. 38). Public bodies and private parties must accept it; many bodies publish free models. No stamp duty is due (art. 37). Sign it in front of the official or hand it in with a copy of an identity document.

Freelance contract with grant of usage rights (Germany)

Why it matches: You want a freelance contract that describes genuinely independent work, not a disguised job.

A contract between a business and a self-employed freelancer in Germany — in design, copywriting, programming, consulting or media, for example — granting usage rights in the work results under the German Copyright Act (UrhG). It describes genuinely independent work, without instructions on time, place and method and without integration into the client's organisation, and covers the fee, the small-business VAT rule, the artists' social levy, confidentiality and termination. It states the risk of disguised employment plainly: the facts decide, not the label (§ 7(1) SGB IV). With a choice on the status determination under § 7a SGB IV. In German.

Open-ended employment contract (Greece)

Why it matches: You are taking someone on permanently and want the job, hours, pay and probation set out clearly.

A Greek employment contract with no end date, written for the Labour Law Code (Presidential Decree 62/2025) and the 2025–26 changes: job and duties, place of work, hours, gross pay in figures and words, the holiday bonuses and leave allowance, probation of up to six months and how the contract ends. It gives the essential terms in writing, as the law requires within one week, and sets out the ERGANI II steps: the contract itself is no longer filed, but since 16 February 2026 the employee must accept the hiring notice before starting.

Application to change working hours (Bulgaria)

Why it matches: You want to switch to part-time hours at your job in Bulgaria.

For moving to part-time hours, for a different start and finish, or for a flexible arrangement. The change affects an essential term of the employment contract, so it is put into effect by a written amendment — and part-time hours reduce pay proportionately. The application proposes a specific arrangement and the date it should start.

Request for unpaid leave, a sabbatical or business start-up leave (France)

Why it matches: You are setting up or taking over a business and want leave from your job to do it.

A request from an employee in mainland France or an overseas department other than Mayotte to suspend the contract without pay: unpaid leave (congé sans solde), which the employer is free to grant, a sabbatical (articles L. 3142-28 et seq. of the French Labour Code) or leave to set up or take over a business (articles L. 3142-105 et seq.). It gives the dates and, where relevant, the reason or the business's activity. For the two statutory leaves, send it at least three months (sabbatical) or two months (start-up) ahead, in a way that proves the date (registered post with proof of receipt, or hand delivery against a receipt), unless a collective agreement says otherwise. In French.

Business-to-business services agreement (Cyprus)

Why it matches: A business client keeps paying your invoices late and you want payment terms in writing for the next job.

An agreement between two businesses in Cyprus for the supply of services under the Contract Law, Cap. 149: the services and what is excluded, term, fee plus VAT, invoicing and payment terms, complaints and corrections, independent performance, confidentiality, intellectual property in the deliverables, a liability cap and termination. Late payment carries the interest (ECB reference rate plus eight points) and the €40 of Law 123(I)/2012. It has no non-compete, which section 27 of Cap. 149 makes void, with narrow exceptions, and it needs no stamp duty.

Open-ended employment contract (Cyprus)

Why it matches: Someone has been working for you without a written contract and you want to put the job on a proper footing.

A written employment contract with no end date for an employee in Cyprus: job and duties, place and hours of work, gross salary in words, payment into a bank account, social insurance, 20 or 24 days' annual leave, probation and termination under the Termination of Employment Law. It gives in writing the terms Law 25(I)/2023 requires the employer to hand over, the core ones within seven days of the start, and protects confidential information without a non-compete clause, which Cypriot law would treat as void.

Agreement ending an employment contract by mutual consent (Greece)

Why it matches: You and your employer in Greece have agreed to end your job on a date you both choose.

The agreement by which a Greek employer and employee end the employment contract together on a date they choose: the last working day, the final settlement of pay, leave and bonuses, a lump sum if one is agreed, the return of equipment and the certificate of employment. No statute governs it: no form, reason or compensation is required, only a clear shared will — and the written agreement is what proves it when the end is declared in ERGANI II.

Request to work remotely (wniosek o pracę zdalną) (Poland)

Why it matches: You work for an employer in Poland and want to do your job from home full time or on some days.

An employee's request in Poland to work remotely in full or in part: from when, where and on what pattern, with a statement about premises and equipment. Some employees — pregnant ones and parents of children up to 4, among others — are entitled to have the request granted unless the organisation or type of work rules it out; the letter lets you state that ground. Occasional remote work, up to 24 days a year, has its own request.

Record of acceptance of completed work (Bulgaria)

Why it matches: A builder or contractor in Bulgaria has finished the job and you want to record what you are accepting.

The other half of a contract for work. The record fixes what has been accepted, what has been noted as defective, what remains to be put right and how much is owed. Without it, an argument about whether the work was finished is conducted from memory. It is signed by both sides at the moment of acceptance, not afterwards.

Application to terminate employment by mutual consent (Art. 325(1)(1) of the Labour Code) (Bulgaria)

Why it matches: You want to leave your job in Bulgaria straight away without working your notice period.

The way to leave at once, without working a notice period — but only if the employer agrees. The application proposes a date on which the contract is to end. The part almost nobody knows: the employer must answer within seven days, and silence counts as a refusal. Without written consent there is no termination.

Request for general civic access (Italian FOIA) (Italy)

Why it matches: You want to know how much your town in Italy spent on a particular repair job.

An Italian request, in Italian, that anyone can make without giving reasons, for data and documents held by a public body (art. 5(2) of legislative decree 33/2013, Italy’s freedom of information act), within the limits of art. 5-bis. The body answers within 30 days; a refusal can be reviewed by its transparency officer. Release is free apart from the cost of copies on paper or media: no revenue stamp. Many bodies have a free form in their ‘Amministrazione trasparente’ section. Send it by PEC or e-mail.

Receipt for occasional work without a VAT number (Italy)

Why it matches: You did a one-off job for a company in Italy without a VAT number and they want a receipt before paying you.

For someone doing occasional self-employed work in Italy without a VAT number: the receipt, in Italian, that the worker gives the client on being paid, with both parties' details and tax codes, the work, the gross fee, 20% withholding tax if the client is a withholding agent, the net amount, the outside-VAT statement and a space for the €2 revenue stamp above €77.47. It is not an invoice: anyone with a VAT number invoices only electronically through the Exchange System (SdI).

Tenant's notice of early withdrawal from a lease (Italy)

Why it matches: Your job is moving you to another city and you must leave your rented flat in Italy.

For a tenant in Italy who wants to leave a rented home before the lease ends: the notice of withdrawal to the landlord, for serious reasons under art. 3(6) of Italian Law no. 431 of 9 December 1998 or under the lease's own withdrawal clause, with six months' notice, the end date, a request to arrange the return of the keys, and the return of the deposit with interest. Sent by registered post with proof of receipt, by PEC if the landlord has a PEC address, or by hand against a signature. In Italian.

Employment reference request — Arbeitszeugnis (Germany)

Why it matches: You are leaving your job in Germany and want a full reference that covers your performance.

A letter asking a German employer for a full employment reference (qualifiziertes Arbeitszeugnis) on leaving, or an interim reference (Zwischenzeugnis) while still employed — expressly covering performance and conduct, because without that request the employer owes only a basic reference stating the type and length of the work (§ 109 of the German Trade Regulation Act, GewO). It gives the job, the period of employment, the reason and a date by which the reference should be posted. No form is prescribed for the request. In German.

Request for a certificate of studies (Cyprus)

Why it matches: A new job asks for proof of your schooling, but your name has changed since you left school.

The written request to a school in Cyprus for a copy of the leaving certificate (apolytirio), a certificate of studies with the marks for each year, or a certificate of attendance: the graduate's details as the school keeps them, the name while at school if it has changed, the year of graduation, the number of copies and the purpose. If the records are now kept elsewhere, it asks for the request to be passed on to whoever keeps them. It serves for a job, a university application or recognition abroad.

Unpaid leave agreement (Cyprus)

Why it matches: You want to take a few months off work in Cyprus without pay and keep your job.

A written agreement between an employer and an employee in Cyprus for leave without pay: how long it lasts, the return date, what happens to the employment contract, social insurance and length of service, and which benefits continue. Unpaid leave is granted by agreement between the two, which is why its terms are best written down before it starts. The employment contract is suspended, not ended, and the employee returns to the job on the date set.

Request for a certificate of employment (Cyprus)

Why it matches: You are applying for a new job and need proof of the years you worked for your employer in Cyprus.

A written request by an employee or former employee in Cyprus asking the employer for a certificate of employment: the job and the period worked, and, if wanted, the pay or an assessment of the work. It serves a new employer, a bank, a landlord, a residence permit or studies. A written request, with a date for the reply, leaves proof of what was asked for and when.

Fixed-term employment contract (Cyprus)

Why it matches: You are hiring someone for a single project and want the job to end when the project does.

A written employment contract with an end date for an employee in Cyprus: job, place and hours, gross salary, social insurance, annual leave, probation in proportion to the term, and the reason for the fixed term. It sets whether the contract can be ended early on notice or only by agreement, and follows Law 98(I)/2003: a fixed-term employee may not be treated less favourably than permanent staff, and employment that reaches 30 months in total on successive contracts counts as open-ended unless there is an objective reason.