AGREEMENT TO AMEND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
This agreement to amend an employment contract (hereinafter the "Agreement") has been entered into in [Place of signing] on [Date of the agreement] between the following parties (hereinafter together the "Parties"):
1. PARTIES
1.1 [Name of the employer]
Registry code: [Registry code of the employer]
Representative: [Name of the employer's representative]
(hereinafter the "Employer")
1.2 [Name of the employee]
Personal identification code: [Personal identification code of the employee]
(hereinafter the "Employee")
2. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT BEING AMENDED
2.1 The Parties entered into an employment contract on [Date of the employment contract being amended] (hereinafter the "Employment Contract").
2.2 This Agreement is an annex to and an integral part of the Employment Contract. The employment relationship continues without interruption: the Agreement does not terminate the existing employment relationship or create a new employment contract. The amendment does not affect the calculation of the Employee's length of employment, including for determining the periods of advance notice of cancellation (Employment Contracts Act (TLS) § 97 (2)).
2.3 The Parties amend the terms of the Employment Contract by mutual agreement. The Employment Contract may be amended only by agreement of the Parties (TLS § 12).
3. TERMS BEING AMENDED
3.1 The Parties amend the following terms of the Employment Contract:
- Wages: previous gross wages [Previous gross wages (€ per month)] euros per month; new gross wages [New gross wages (€ per month)] euros per month.
3.2 If the wages are amended, the new wages may not be lower than the minimum wage established by the Government of the Republic (TLS § 29 (6)). The new wages are paid on the pay day and in the manner agreed in the Employment Contract as of the entry into force of the amendments.
3.3 If the position is amended, the Employee undertakes to perform the work duties corresponding to the new position; where necessary, the Employer introduces to the Employee the occupational health and safety requirements of the new work (TLS § 28 (2) 7)).
3.4 If the working time is amended, working time shorter than 40 hours within a period of seven days is part-time working time (TLS § 43 (1)). An amendment of the working time does not change the duration of annual holiday in calendar days (TLS § 55).
3.5 If the place of work is amended and the Employee begins to work remotely, the Employer hereby notifies that the work duties are performed as remote work (TLS § 6 (4)); in the case of remote work, the requirements of § 13⁵ of the Occupational Health and Safety Act additionally apply.
4. ENTRY INTO FORCE
4.1 The amendments specified in this Agreement enter into force on [Date the amendments take effect].
4.2 The Agreement also constitutes the information on changes in the terms of employment provided to the Employee, which must be provided in writing no later than on the day the changes take effect (TLS § 5 (4)). The Employer retains the Agreement during the term of the Employment Contract and for ten years after the end of the Employment Contract (TLS § 5 (5)).
5. OTHER TERMS
5.1 All terms of the Employment Contract that are not amended by this Agreement remain in force unchanged.
6. LEGAL BASIS AND FINAL PROVISIONS
6.1 The Agreement is governed by the law of the Republic of Estonia, in particular the Employment Contracts Act. An agreement that derogates from the provisions of the Employment Contracts Act and the Law of Obligations Act to the detriment of the Employee is void, except in the cases provided by law (TLS § 2).
6.2 Disputes arising from the Agreement are resolved through negotiations and, failing agreement, by a labour dispute committee or in court. The term for filing a claim arising from an employment relationship is four months unless otherwise provided by law (TLS § 3¹).
6.3 If any provision of the Agreement is or becomes invalid, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The Agreement enters into force once both Parties have signed it.