How to make an employment contract in Romania?

Short answer

1. 1Go to 4mycontracts.net and select the Employment Contracts category.
2. 2Choose the type: permanent, fixed-term, or part-time.
3. 3Fill in employer, employee details and job position.
4. 4Review generated clauses: salary, probation period, confidentiality.
5. 5Send the contract for signing through a link, sign with a simple electronic signature and save the document.

What the law says

• Labour Code (Law 53/2003) — individual employment contracts must be in written form.
• Art. 17 Labour Code — employer must inform employee in writing before signing.
• Law 16/2017 — transnational secondment requires additional clauses.
• eIDAS Regulation (EU 910/2014) — qualified electronic signatures have equal legal force as handwritten ones.
• GDPR (Regulation 679/2016) — personal data processed in the contract requires an explicit legal basis.

Practical examples

• Permanent employment contract for a senior developer with a 12-month non-compete clause.
• Part-time 4h/day contract for an outsourced accountant with flexible schedule and proportional salary.
• Fixed-term 6-month contract for a seasonal sales agent with extension option.
• Employment contract with 90-day probation period for a newly hired project manager.

Common mistakes

• Missing confidentiality clause for employees with access to sensitive data or trade secrets.
• Failing to specify the exact workplace (office, remote, hybrid) — triggers disputes during labour inspections.
• Omitting the attached job description — mandatory document under Art. 17 Labour Code.
• Probation period exceeding legal limits: 30 days for execution roles, 90 days for management positions.

How 4mycontracts helps

• Contract template with fields to fill in, drafted on the basis of the Labor Code.
• Archive in your account, with the event history of each contract.
• Simple electronic signature through a secure link — the signer needs no account.
• A signature certificate as PDF, with the IP address, time of signing and SHA-256 fingerprint of the document.
• Expiry radar in the panel: see the contracts that expire within 30 days.