In order to change jobs, it is worth looking at the forms of employment currently in force, especially if your employer remains your choice.
Don’t you know which deal is the best for you? Check the most popular types of contracts and their disadvantages and advantages.
Employment contract
A consistent declaration of will by the parties that one party (employee) undertakes to provide continuous, repetitive work to the other party (employer), to a particular type of work. The other side will in return employ an employee for remuneration.
Advantages of the employment contract:
- an employee may exercise his or her rights under the provisions of the Labour Code (e.g. holiday leave)
- employer is obliged to pay social security contributions
- protection against termination of contract
- guarantee of minimum remuneration for work – in accordance with current minimum wage rules
- right to additional remuneration for overtime
Disadvantages of the employment contract:
- an employee cannot entrust his work to another person
- the place and time of work is clearly defined
- work under the supervision of the management
Order Agreement
In the case of a contract, the client (the person accepting the order) undertakes to perform a specific legal activity for the payer (the person giving the order).
Advantages of the contract:
- does not create a submission ratio
- possible inclusion in the oral formula, although written form is a rule
- lower ZUS contributions
- lack of clearly defined working time
Deficiencies of the contract:
- the contract may be free of charge
- the provisions of the Labour Code on the protection of pay for work do not apply. Contractor mma entitled only to the remuneration specified in the contract
- no obligation to confirm the termination of cooperation
- the contractual duration of the contract is not included in the traineeship
- a civil court is competent for the recognition of claims, the lack of preference for the contractor in matters concerning the payment of court fees.
Work Agreement
The contract in which the receiving contract undertakes to carry out the designated work and the contracting party pays the remuneration.
Advantages of the work agreement:
- the receiving order is free to place, time and how the work is done
- the receiving order does not have to perform the work in person (unless reserved in the contract)
- work without management
The defects of the work contract:
- the provisions of the Labour Code on the protection of pay for work do not apply
- for the examination of claims is the jurisdiction of the civil court, the absence of a preference of the recipient of the contract for the payment of court fees
- the risk as to the performance and quality of the work shall be borne by the receiving contract