DRIVER / DOMESTIC HELP AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
__________, of __________, phone __________ (the "Employer");
AND
__________, son/daughter/wife of __________, of __________, phone __________, holding __________ as identity proof (the "Employee").
The Employer and the Employee are each a "Party" and together the "Parties".
RECITALS
B. The Employer confirms that police verification of the Employee, under the Employee Police Verification Form or an equivalent application to the local police, has been applied for or will be applied for separately from this Agreement.
NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES as follows.
- 1. NATURE OF ENGAGEMENT
1.1 This is a contract of personal service between the Employer and the Employee directly. It is not a licence of any part of the Employer's premises to the Employee, and the Employee acquires no right to remain at the premises beyond the engagement, whether or not accommodation is provided under clause 4.
- 2. DUTIES
- 3. WORKING HOURS AND WEEKLY OFF
- 4. ACCOMMODATION
- 5. WAGES
- 6. MINIMUM WAGES
6.1 Where the State Government has, for the time being, notified domestic service or the specific category of work described in clause 2 as a scheduled employment under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the wages payable under this Agreement shall not be less than the minimum rate so notified, and the Employer shall pay the higher of that notified rate and the wage stated in clause 5.1.
- 7. LEAVE
- 9. CONDUCT AND IMMEDIATE TERMINATION
9.1 The Employee shall carry out the duties honestly and diligently, shall not remove any property of the Employer without permission, and shall maintain the confidentiality of the Employer's household or business affairs learned in the course of the engagement, both during and after the engagement.
9.2 The Employer may end the engagement immediately, without notice or payment in lieu, for theft, violence, being under the influence of alcohol or an intoxicant while on duty, gross negligence causing loss or injury, or any other act that would justify immediate dismissal.
- 10. ENDING THE ENGAGEMENT
10.2 On the engagement ending, the Employer shall pay all wages due up to the last day worked, and any accommodation provided under clause 4 shall be vacated as that clause provides. The Employer shall, if asked, give the Employee a simple letter confirming the period and nature of the engagement.
- 11. GENERAL
11.1 This Agreement is the entire understanding between the Parties about the engagement and may be amended only in writing signed by both.
11.3 This Agreement is governed by the laws of India as in force in the State of Punjab or the Union Territory of Chandigarh, according to where the Employer's premises named above are situated.
SIGNED by the EMPLOYER
__________
Signature: ______________________________
SIGNED by the EMPLOYEE
__________
Signature: ______________________________
WITNESSES