work contract

Job terms paper

A work contract is a formal agreement between an employer and employee specifying terms of employment—duties, compensation, duration, and conditions.

The phrase emphasizes the binding nature of the arrangement: She's negotiating her work contract before starting.

In some contexts, it refers specifically to fixed-term or project-based employment rather than permanent positions.

Opposites
formality of employment agreement

work contracthandshake deal

Unwritten mutual commitment

gentleman's agreement · verbal agreement · oral agreement · implied agreement · at-will employment

employment status

work contractunemployment

Being without paid work

joblessness · termination · dismissal · layoff · retirement

freedom versus obligation

work contractvoluntary work

Unpaid charitable labor

leisure · free agency · independence · self-employment · gig work

Family

work, contract, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable, unworkable

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G