The storage period for employment contracts, their annexes and agreements on additional terms of the employment contract is 50 years after the termination of the contract. It is also mandatory to ensure that both parties to the employment contract have access to the document. Therefore, when deciding on how to sign an employment contract, companies should consider ensuring the signing, preservation and availability of the employment contract throughout the set period.
The eIDAS Regulation provides a signature with a high level of trust – a Qualified Electronic Signature. It is suitable for signing employment contracts and their annexes, as it is equivalent to a written signature, and reliable not only at national but also at EU level.
Qualified Electronic Signature:
- A qualified electronic signature certificate can only be issued by a certified service provider operating in an EU Member State who has been granted the qualification status by a supervisory authority.
The Profit-Web business management system, which integrates HR and payroll processes, allows employment contracts and agreements to be signed with a qualified electronic signature that meets the highest standards. The system not only makes it easy to generate employment contracts, but also to sign them and give your employees a single place in their personal profiles to have all agreed and approved documents. And for enhanced security, you have the possibility to connect to the system with an electronic qualified signature to identify your employees.
Here is a short video to show you how you can quickly and easily sign an employment contract with a qualified electronic signature in the Profit-Web business management system.