e-TafaknaA permanent employment contract (CDI, open-ended contract) binds an employer and an employee with no end date set in advance. It is the standard contract for long-term hiring, used by companies and individual employers alike.
What every template should include before you sign.
Full identification of the employer (company name, registration number, representative) and of the employee (civil status, ID document, address).
Job title, professional category, main duties and place of work, with the conditions of any mobility.
Start date and an express statement that the contract is concluded for an indefinite term.
Length, possible renewal and how either party may end the contract during probation, within the limits set by local law.
Base salary, bonuses, benefits in kind, pay frequency and payment method.
Weekly hours, work organisation, overtime and paid leave.
Duty of confidentiality during and after the contract, and ownership of work created in the role.
Optional; where included, it is limited in time, area and type of activity, according to the applicable law.
Notice period, termination cases, documents issued at the end of employment, governing law and competent court or authority.
Pick a country: key points, formalities and reference texts.
Since Law No. 2025-9, the open-ended contract is the rule in Tunisia and probation is strictly framed.
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In Algeria, an employment contract is presumed open-ended and may be written or unwritten.
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In Morocco, the Labour Code sets probation by employee category and requires notice to end a CDI.
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In Egypt, the new 2025 Labour Law makes the open-ended contract the rule and sets strict form requirements.
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The 1946 Labour Code scales notice to length of service and limits probation to 3 months.
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The contract is presumed open-ended unless stated otherwise; Arabic is mandatory for employment documents.
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In Saudi Arabia, the Labour Law frames probation, notice and termination compensation; a non-Saudi worker's contract must be written and fixed-term (art. 37).
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In the UAE private sector, open-ended contracts no longer exist: all employment contracts there are fixed-term and renewable.
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The contract may be fixed-term or open-ended; probation is capped at six months, with one to two months' notice after probation.
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Written contract in Arabic, probation of up to three months for monthly-paid employees, and 30 days' notice.
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For a Yemeni worker, the contract is deemed open-ended; probation is capped at six months.
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Common-law country: the Employment Act 2007 governs the contract; writing is required once engagement reaches three months.
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The CDI is the normal and general form of employment; probation is optional and capped by category.
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The employer provides the essential information in writing before work starts; probation cannot exceed six months.
All templates in ItalySimple signature, OTP signature or TunTrust qualified signature (DigiGO, Mobile ID) in Tunisia.
See the signature levelsOur complete guide to this contract under Tunisian law.
A permanent employment contract template identifies the parties, the position, the start date, pay, working time and, where relevant, the probation period. It also covers confidentiality, termination and the governing law. Lengths and notice periods are then adapted to the law of the country concerned.
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