Employment forms and templates

Employment paperwork protects both sides of the working relationship. An offer letter and an employment contract fix the terms before the first day, verification and income letters unlock apartments and loans during the job, and a properly documented warning, termination or severance process protects the employer when a role ends. This category groups the documents employees, employers and HR teams need across that whole cycle.

For hiring, the catalog includes the employment offer letter, the employment contract, the job application form and the letter of recommendation. For the day-to-day, it covers the employment verification letter, the proof of income letter, the PTO request form, the PTO policy, the employee handbook and the handbook acknowledgment that documents each employee received it.

For departures and discipline, you will find the resignation letter and its two weeks notice variant, the termination letter, the employee warning notice, the severance agreement, the return to work letter and the grievance letter an employee uses to raise a formal workplace complaint. Severance agreements that ask an employee to waive age discrimination claims are subject to specific federal timing rules for workers 40 and over, and the guide covers what those rules require.

Employment law layers federal rules, state statutes and sometimes city ordinances, and at-will employment remains the default in every state except where a contract says otherwise. The guides accompanying each template explain the general framework and flag the points where state law commonly differs, such as final paycheck timing and non-compete enforceability.

Every document is built through a guided questionnaire with a live preview and downloads as an editable Word file plus a print-ready PDF. These templates are self-help tools, not legal advice: for a contested termination, a discrimination issue or an executive contract, involve an employment attorney.