How to legally terminate an employment contract?

Short answer

1. 1Go to 4mycontracts.net and select the Employment Contracts category.
2. 2Choose the termination type: resignation, mutual agreement, or dismissal.
3. 3Fill in employee details, role, and last working day.
4. 4Generate the document and send it for electronic signature through a link.
5. 5Archive the signed document and related decisions in your account archive.

What the law says

• Labour Code art. 55–80 — legal forms for terminating an individual employment contract.
• Labour Code art. 75 — mandatory minimum notice period (20 working days for employees).
• Labour Code art. 81 — resignation: notice period requirements and settlement rights.
• eIDAS Regulation (EU) 910/2014 — qualified electronic signature equals handwritten signature legally.
• GDPR art. 17 — employee personal data in contracts must be erased or anonymised upon request after termination.

Practical examples

• Mutual termination agreement for a sales manager, including a 6-month non-compete clause.
• Dismissal decision for economic reasons (position eliminated), with 20-day notice and severance.
• IT employee resignation with notice period reduced to 10 days by written agreement.
• Fixed-term employment contract expiry at end of seasonal project — no additional formalities required.

Common mistakes

• Missing written notice or proof of delivery — makes the termination contestable in court.
• Dismissal decision without specific grounds and without stating the employee's right to appeal.
• Mutual agreement signed verbally or via plain email, without a legally valid signature.
• Failing to pay outstanding settlement (unused leave, overtime) before the employee's last working day.

How 4mycontracts helps

• Dismissal decision and mutual termination agreement templates drafted on the basis of the Labor Code.
• 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.
• Archive in your account, with the event history of each contract.
• Review and signing flow, with the contract status visible in your account.