Employment Agreement
(Offer Letter) (Non-executive, At Will)

Summary

This template is an offer letter and employment agreement for the at-will employment of a non-executive employee. It is the template for our state employment offer agreements and offer letters and is non-jurisdictional. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. Use this template alone or customize it for one or more jurisdictions. This Offer Letter and Employment Agreement (Non-executive, At Will) is intended for private employers. Several of the drafting notes to this template contain links to annotated policies and agreements (e.g., sick leave policies, non-competition agreements, and arbitration agreements) that you may enclose with the offer letter. For information on drafting employment agreements and offer letters for non-executives, see Employment Agreements: Key Legal, Drafting, and Negotiation Issues (Pro-Employer), Employment Agreements: Negotiating Tips (Pro-Employee), and Implied Contract Claims, Employee Handbook Disclaimers, and Offer Letters. For further guidance on employment agreement provisions see Employment Agreement Provisions Checklist, Rabkin & Johnson Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis § 12.29, and Labor and Employment Law § 258.02. For more information on employment agreements, see Emp. Cont. & Agreements: A Guide for Corp. Counsel § 2.04. For information on drafting executive employment agreements, see Executive Employment Agreement Negotiation and Drafting (Pro-employer) and Executive Employment Agreement Negotiation and Drafting (Pro-executive). For annotated executive employment agreements, see Executive Employment Agreement (Pro-employer) and Executive Employment Agreement (Pro-executive). For video guidance on employment agreements and offer letters, see Employment Agreements and Offer Letters (Non-Executive Employees) Part I Video and Employment Agreements and Offer Letters (Non-Executive Employees) Part II Video. For more on negotiating employment agreements see Rabkin & Johnson Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis § 12.50. For state-specific offer letters/employment agreements, see the Offer Letters and Employment Contracts column of Screening and Hiring State Expert Forms Chart. For a short-form offer letter, see Offer Letter (Short Form). For an offer letter for a commissioned salesperson, see Offer Letter (Commissioned Sales Employee). For an offer letter for an employee paid by the fluctuating workweek method, see Offer Letter (Employee Paid by Fluctuating Workweek Method). To compare state and federal laws on screening and hiring, see the Labor & Employment State Law Comparison Tool. For a full listing of key content covering recruiting, screening, testing, hiring, and onboarding, see Screening and Hiring Resource Kit.