Contracts

Every engagement on Shor is backed by a contract. This page explains the contract types, how they get signed, and how to make changes once they’re live.

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Contract Types

Shor generates contracts from templates matched to the engagement and country:

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Generating a Contract

Contracts are generated automatically when you add a new worker. Shor combines:

• The worker’s country: for labor law, minimum wage, statutory clauses, and required disclosures
• The engagement type (employee vs. contractor): for which template to use
• The compensation: rate, currency, frequency
• The governing law you select: for dispute resolution and jurisdiction

The resulting contract is ready to send. You can edit specific fields (scope, custom clauses, start date) before sending, and even after sending as long as neither side has signed yet. For contractor contracts, editing at that point cancels the pending signature request and returns the contract to draft so you can review and resend it. For employees hired directly through Shor, terms can instead be edited in place until the employee accepts: the contract stays in its current state and doesn’t need to be resent from scratch. If you sent an employee contract to the wrong person or need to correct the recipient before they’ve accepted, open the contract and click Withdraw to return it to draft so you can fix it and send again. If a contract is waiting on the worker’s signature and you no longer want to proceed, use Cancel in the contracts list, next to Delete. Cancel is not available from inside the contract. The worker can no longer sign, and the contract is marked cancelled and stays visible in your list. Cancel is not available once both sides have signed, and for employees hired directly through Shor it is only available before the employee accepts. Workspace viewers see the control but can’t use it.

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Signing

Most contracts are signed electronically. For contractor engagements (Fixed Rate, Milestone, Pay-As-You-Go, Creator), either side can sign first: your worker can sign as soon as their identity verification is approved, and you can sign before or after them. For employee contracts, you sign first, then the contract goes to the worker. In a few employee markets, local law requires the employment agreement to be signed in ink off this platform; Shor shows that on the contract instead of Review & Sign, and our local partner collects the signed copy. The flow:

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Amending a Live Contract

Sometimes things change: a rate update, a scope update, a new start date. For active Fixed Rate, Milestone, and Pay-As-You-Go engagements, open the worker’s profile and click Amend. Shor walks you through which fields can be changed and generates an amendment for both parties to sign. Creator contracts cannot currently be amended in Shor. Employee contracts aren’t amended this way; update an employee’s terms from their job information instead.

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Custom Clauses

You can add custom clauses to a contract: IP assignment, non-solicitation, confidentiality specifics, bonus structures. These are layered on top of the template and preserved in every version. EOR hires also use a separate company-wide IP assignment between your company and Shor. See Hiring Employees.

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Governing Law

For the template language to be enforceable, the contract needs a governing jurisdiction. Shor currently supports:

• United States: Delaware, California, New York
• Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
• United Kingdom
• Singapore
• Other: a generic framework for countries where Shor doesn’t yet have a country-specific template

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Dispute Resolution

Each contract specifies how disputes are resolved, typically either arbitration or court in the governing jurisdiction. You can pick which applies when you generate the contract.

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Next Steps