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

Summary

This template is an offer letter and employment agreement for the at-will employment of a non-executive employee in Missouri. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. This template's language has been customized to comply with Missouri and federal law. This Offer Letter and Employment Agreement (Non-executive, At Will) (MO) 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 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 other 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). For a full listing of key content covering recruiting, screening, testing, hiring, and onboarding, see Screening and Hiring Resource Kit.