28.01.2026

An employment contract is an agreement between an employee and an employer, under which the employee undertakes to perform, for the employer, work defined by a specific profession, position, qualification, or work not requiring qualification, or work within the framework of work-based learning under vocational education and training programs, while complying with the workplace labor discipline established by the employer; and the employer undertakes to provide the employee with the work specified in the contract, to pay the agreed remuneration for the work performed, and to ensure working conditions stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, other normative legal acts, a collective agreement, and agreements between the parties.

Article 84. Content of the Employment Contract

1. The employment contract shall specify:

1. the year, month, day, and place of conclusion of the employment contract;
2. the employee’s first name, last name, and patronymic;
3. the employer’s taxpayer identification number and

1. the name of the employer, or
2. in the case of an individual employer, the first name, last name, and patronymic;

3.1) the place of work;

1. the structural or separate subdivision, office, or institution of the employer (where applicable) in which the employee will work;
2. the year, month, and day of commencement of work;
3. the job title and

 a. the job functions, or

b. a reference to the document defining the functions arising from the position, which constitutes the annex provided for in Part 3 of this Article;

1. the amount of the basic salary (including taxes payable from the salary, social contributions, or other mandatory payments established by law) and the method of its determination (hourly, daily, piece-rate, or monthly rate);
2. bonuses, additional payments, and allowances granted to employees in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia. In organizations that are not state or territorial administration bodies, or state or community organizations or institutions, additional payments not provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia may also be specified in the employment contract as other terms, if desired;
   the term of validity of the employment contract (where necessary);
3. where a probation period is established, the duration and conditions of the probation period;
4. the working time regime (normal working time, part-time work, reduced working time, or summarized accounting of working time) and its weekly duration (except in the case of summarized accounting of working time);
5. the type (minimum, additional, extended) and duration of annual leave;
6. the position, first name, and last name of the person signing the employment contract;
7. the methods of mutual notification between the employer and the employee in connection with employment relations.

1. (Part repealed on 22.06.15 by Law No. HO-96-N)
2. By agreement of the parties, other terms may also be included in the employment contract. Such other terms may be set out in the form of an annex, which is not reflected in the digital system (in which case a note is made in the digital system that the employment contract has an annex). The annex to the employment contract constitutes an integral part of the employment contract and, by agreement of the parties, may include other terms.

Article 94. Types of Employment Contracts

An employment contract shall be concluded:

1. for an indefinite term, if the term of its validity is not specified in the employment contract;
2. for a definite term, if the term of its validity is specified in the employment contract.

An employment contract shall be concluded for an indefinite term, except for the cases provided for in Article 95 of this Code.