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A Polish employment contract with no end date, carrying what art. 29 § 1 of the Labour Code requires: the parties with the employer's registered address, job title and duties, place of work, working time, pay and its components, pay date and start date. Notice periods are written out, and the employer gives the remaining terms separately within 7 days of the employee starting work.

A Polish residential tenancy between private individuals for a set period: rent, deposit, utilities, each side's obligations and a handover record when the flat is handed over and returned. Under Polish law a fixed-term tenancy cannot be ended early except in the cases the agreement names, so this one names them. It is an ordinary tenancy; an occasional tenancy (najem okazjonalny), with the tenant's declaration before a notary, is a separate document.

Interrupting studies is granted on particular grounds — health, family, work abroad, maternity — and almost always requires a document. What the application asks expressly is which examinations remain outstanding and how they are to be made up, because on returning a student is reinstated into a specific year, not where they remember being.

The first document a client sees, and the last one they come back to when there is an argument about what was promised. The quotation sets out the scope, the price and the timescale — and also how long it stays valid, without which old prices get produced months later. It states plainly what the price does not include, which heads off the most common falling-out at the start of a job.

While an agreed probationary period is running, the party in whose favour it was agreed may end the contract with no notice and without giving a reason. The application identifies the contract, the termination date, and that the ground is Art. 71 of the Labour Code. Check your own contract for whose benefit the probationary period was agreed before filing it.

Remote work is not settled by a spoken arrangement — it is written into an amendment to the employment contract, which fixes the place of work, the working hours and who provides the equipment. This application puts the request in writing and proposes a specific arrangement, rather than leaving everything to be decided afresh the next time management changes.

Unpaid leave is not an entitlement — it is granted by the employer, so the application has to be in writing and has to carry a decision on it. State the exact period and the reason, because whether the time counts towards length of service and insurance depends on how long it is. File it early enough for someone to be able to cover your work.

The contract between a client and a contractor for a specific piece of work — a repair, a translation, a design, a course, anything given to a person rather than to a company. The weak point of most such contracts is vagueness: without a precise description of the work, a deadline and criteria for acceptance, there is no way to prove what was agreed. Here all three are separate fields rather than free text.

A reference is not a certificate: it is an assessment of your work, and an employer is not obliged to give one. So the request states which period, for what purpose and in which language you need it — a specific request is answered far more often than a general one.

The bank, the court or the social services office wants a document showing your income, and the employer wants a written request. This form is that request: for which period, for what purpose, in how many copies. Stating the purpose matters — a certificate for a loan and a certificate for social assistance often carry different figures.

A standard application to an employer for paid, unpaid or any other kind of leave, stating the period and the number of working days it covers.

A letter to a German bank or savings bank (Sparkasse) closing your current account (Girokonto), whether you are leaving altogether or switching to a new bank. It gives the IBAN, the account holder and date of birth, the closing date you want and the account for the remaining balance, ends the linked cards, overdraft and online banking, and asks for written confirmation. Under § 675h of the German Civil Code (BGB) you may close the account at any time without notice, unless a notice period of at most one month was agreed, and closing is free. A choice covers switching through the statutory switching service (§§ 20 ff. ZKG). In German.

For a creditor in Italy who receives payment of a debt – a loan repaid, a saldo e stralcio, the last instalment of a plan – and must issue a receipt, as article 1199 of the Italian Civil Code requires. The document, in Italian under Italian law, names the parties with their codice fiscale and states the amount, date and method of payment, the original debt and whether payment is in full or on account. The creditor signs it. Above €77.47 a €2 revenue stamp (marca da bollo), bought at a tobacconist's, must be affixed.

For a household in Italy hiring a domestic helper, carer or nanny on an open-ended contract. It follows the Italian national collective agreement for domestic work (CCNL lavoro domestico) renewed on 28 October 2025: grade, duties, live-in or not, hours, pay, board and lodging, trial, holidays, notice and severance pay (TFR), with the CCNL figures the employer fills in. The hiring must be reported free of charge to INPS by the day before work starts. Domestic workers do not use the online resignation procedure. In Italian.

For letting a furnished home in France for one to ten months to someone in training, higher education, an apprenticeship, an internship, civic service, a job transfer or a temporary assignment (art. 25-12 of the French law of 6 July 1989). The French bail mobilité carries its compulsory statements: the name of the lease and the reason, without which it becomes an ordinary furnished lease, and the term and the ban on a deposit. Not renewable, one month's notice for the tenant, a flat sum for charges. Signed by each party.

An open-ended contract of employment (Dienstvertrag) for salaried employees or workers in Austria, in German, carrying every item the Dienstzettel must state under the Austrian Employment Contract Law Adaptation Act (§ 2 AVRAG) as amended on 28 March 2024: seat, job and a short description of the work, collective agreement and pay group, probation month, working time and overtime, pay, leave under the Leave Act (UrlG), notice periods under § 20 AngG and § 1159 ABGB, the termination procedure, the severance fund (Abfertigung neu) and the social insurer.

For an employer in Spain that needs to cover an employee entitled to return to the job (sick leave, unpaid leave, birth leave), make up hours another employee has reduced, or fill a post while the permanent holder is chosen. It makes you state the cause, the specific circumstances and, where it applies, the name of the person replaced (art. 15.3 of the Spanish Workers' Statute). It sets the term, trial period, hours and pay; no severance is due at the end. Signed before work starts. In Spanish.

For an employer and employee in Italy agreeing smart working within an existing job. The written agreement required by articles 18–23 of Italian Law 81/2017 sets the days and places of agile work, equipment provided, disconnection hours, monitoring, disciplinary conduct, the risk notice, duration and withdrawal on thirty days' notice (ninety for a disabled worker). A private employer then reports it online to the Ministry of Labour, free of charge, within five days of the start. In Italian.

For an employer and employee in Italy who want confidential information protected after the job ends, when the duty of loyalty under art. 2105 of the Italian Civil Code lapses. The agreement defines the confidential information, how long the duty lasts after the job ends, the exceptions (public information, legal duties, whistleblowing reports) and the return of documents. It is not a non-compete clause: it does not restrict future work and sets no penalty. In Italian.

For a family that, as a domestic employer in Italy, ends the job of its domestic helper, carer or nanny. In domestic work a dismissal needs no reason (art. 2118 of the Italian Civil Code; art. 4 of Italian Law 108/1990), but the notice of the collective agreement for domestic work must be given or paid in lieu. The letter states the dismissal, the notice, the last day and the final payments. It is not for a dismissal for just cause, nor during pregnancy or the leave that follows the birth. The end of the job is then reported to INPS, free of charge. Hand it over against a signed receipt, or send it by registered post. In Italian.

A permanent employment contract for full- or part-time work in Germany, in German, with every essential term the German Evidence Act (Nachweisgesetz, NachwG) requires: start, job, place of work, probation, hours and breaks, overtime, pay and when it is due, the minimum wage, leave, notice periods under § 622 of the German Civil Code (BGB), the written form of a dismissal and the deadline to sue, collective agreements, training and pension. Its time limit for claims leaves the minimum wage untouched and asks only for text form.

A record of taking in a phone, computer, bike or appliance for repair, issued to the customer by the workshop or drawn up by the customer for the workshop to sign: the job number, the workshop's and customer's details, the item with its serial number, accessories, visible condition, the fault reported, the estimated cost and time, and a rule that more expensive work needs the customer's consent. At collection it proves the condition the item was left in.

For a business or professional engaging a self-employed person in Spain (design, programming, translation, training, consulting): a Spanish civil contract with the scope, the professional's independence over hours, place and means, the fee in words and figures, invoicing and the payment term under Spain's Law 3/2004, confidentiality, a statement that the professional is not economically dependent on the client (TRADE) and the attempt to negotiate before court (Organic Law 1/2025). In Spanish.

For a business engaging another for a continuing service in Spain (cleaning, maintenance, IT support, marketing, consulting): a Spanish contract with scope, term and renewal, the price in words and figures, invoicing and the payment term within the 60-day limit of Spain's Law 3/2004, late-payment interest, confidentiality, personal data, termination for breach and the attempt to negotiate before going to court (Organic Law 1/2025). Signed in two copies. In Spanish.