Does the law require an individual contract between employer and employee in order to legalize labor relations?
A labor agreement may be made both in writing or orally. However, the fact of employment must be legalized by an order of the management of the enterprise, and the employee must be notified and sign the agreement. All employees who work more than five days at an enterprise should be issued workbooks which record general information about the employees, their job description, etc. Provisions of labor agreements that cause the situation of an employee to worsen in comparison with that provided by the labor laws of the Azerbaijan Republic are considered null and void. (Ernst & Young can provide a “Model Employment Contract” along with a Russian translation.) Are there any restrictions on length of employment? Length of employment may be indefinite or for a fixed term not to exceed three years. The Labor Code also allows agreements for specific periods for a particular job.
