Appendix 2 - Example of a contract for local recruitment

CONTRACT FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES CONTRACT N°

The present contract is subjected to the particular terms given in the appendix.

CONTRACT CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE X COMPANY, AND

Last name:

First names:

Hereafter referred to as the Individual Contracting Party

Address:

Date of birth:

Blood type:

N° Identification Card:

MISSION

The Individual Contracting Party will assume the following functions:

DURATION OF THE CONTRACT

This contract comes into effect as of:

and will expire upon satisfactory completion of the provisions stated above, and no later than: , unless extended by mutual agreement of the parties or cancellation of the contract prior to the above-mentioned expiration date, in application of the contractual conditions.

Extended to: (a)	date (b)	date (c)	date (d)
	signature	signature	signature

COMPENSATION

In compensation for the services provided according to the terms of the present contract, the Individual Contracting Party will receive monthly wages amounting to US$.............. payable at the end of each calendar month upon presentation of a certificate of satisfaction signed by the supervisor. Deductions from the wages are detailed in paragraph 5 in the appendix.

Person to be informed in case of an accident:

Name:

Address:

Relationship:

I designate the following person as the beneficiary of the wages due in the event of my death:

Name:

Address:

Relationship:

I acknowledge that I have read, understood and accepted the terms of the present contract, particularly the obligations, the duration of the contract, the working hours and the conditions of compensation.

I hereby accept these conditions as they are stipulated.

CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CONTRACT FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES

1 - MISSION

The employee must fulfill to the best of his capacities the tasks related to mine clearance that he is in charge of, including the use of metal detectors and explosives, probe detection of suspicious items, destruction of mines and other UXO (unexploded ordnance) and remains, marking off minefields, maintenance and security of mine clearance equipment belonging to the X Company.

2 - OBLIGATIONS - SECURITY:

The agent shall implement established methods and procedures only, and observe all the orders and rules given by the X Company. Any health condition susceptible of diminishing the efficiency of his work must be immediately reported to the supervisor of the mine clearing operations. Any breach of the measures and rules defined by the X Company will result in the agent being immediately dismissed.

3 - CANCELLATION

The present contract can be canceled by either contracting party after written advance notice is given to the other party. The notice will be five working days. In case the cancellation is requested by the employer, the agent would receive a compensation corresponding to five days of activity if he has been working for over two months.

No advance notice is required or compensation provided for in case of dismissal of the agent due to nonobservance of safety measures, unexcused absence and any form of disloyalty.

4 - WORKING HOURS

Working hours are under the responsibility of the supervisor of the mine clearing operations, 8 hours a day from mondays to fridays plus 5 hours on Saturdays. The agents will not be required to work over 40 minutes uninterruptedly when they are using a detector of performing operations of probe detection.

The agents will be granted four weeks vacation per year, besides regular holidays.

Any unexcused absence will not be compensated for and may lead to dismissal.

Any modification of the working hours will be subjected to amendment.

5 - DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES

• Wages are not due for the whole duration of unexcused absence.

• In the event that work would be impossible to carry out due to reasons of the greatest importance or to acts of war / terrorism or any other reason, the wages would be decreased by 50% after a 14-day period of inactivity (calendar days). The X Company will decide whether the agents should be called off duty by with a 5-day notice in written, due to the impossibility to work.

6 - INDEMNITIES

In the event of death or bodily harm directly caused by the implementation of the obligations stipulated in the present contract, the agent or the beneficiary he designated will receive an inclusive indemnity payable upon reception and verification of the appropriate certificates, according to the following guidelines:

• in case of death: sixty times the monthly wages as of the date of death;

• in case of permanent disability established by the occupational medical doctor, the following rates will be applied:

LOSS OF, OR TOTAL LOSS OF THE USE OF:			INDEMNITIES:
a)	Two arms or two hands or two legs or two feet or total loss of sight
or more serious cases:			30 times the monthly wages (Z)
b)	Arm	- shoulder level - elbow level or below	60 % of Z 57 % of Z
c)	Hand	- wrist level or below	54 % of Z
d)	Thumb		22 % of Z
e)	Fingers	- first (fore finger) - second (middle finger) - third (ring finger) - fourth (little finger)	14 % of Z 11 % of Z 05 % of Z 03 % of Z
f)	Leg	- short stub of a thigh - knee-level or below	40 % of Z 36 % of Z
g)	Foot	- ankle level or below - big toe - any other toe	28 % of Z 05 % of Z 01 % of Z
h)	Sight loss	- one eye (supposing the other one is good) est normal)	24 % du Z
i)	Hearing loss		35 % du Z

All other bodily injuries will be compensated for by means of paid sick leaves, the duration of which will depend upon the gravity of the injury; but they shall not exceed the equivalent of six months of wages.

The indemnities paid under this clause will serve as final settlement of all complaints, and the employer takes no responsibility for subsequent worsening of the employee's condition, once the indemnity has been paid.

The responsibility of the X Company shall be immediately suspended if the agent does not comply with the sanitary instructions given to him by, or with the agreement of, the nurse of the detachment or the doctor he consulted.

Note: The agent mil be granted no other right or privilege than those formally stipulated in the present contract.