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Documentation Index

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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:

Employee

Full employment contract: at-will for US roles, or a country-appropriate employment framework elsewhere. Includes statutory benefits and withholdings.

Fixed Rate

A fixed-scope, fixed-price contractor agreement, good for retainers and well-defined projects.

Milestone

A contractor agreement where payment is tied to delivering specific milestones.

Pay-As-You-Go

The contractor submits timesheets and is paid for approved hours.

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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.

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Signing

Contracts are signed electronically. The flow:
1

You Send the Contract

Review the generated contract, make any final edits, and click Send for signature.
2

Worker Reviews and Signs

Your worker gets an email with a link. They can read the full document, ask questions, and sign.
3

You Countersign (Contractor Agreements)

For contractor agreements, once the worker has signed, Shor prompts you to countersign. The contract becomes active on the agreed start date. For EOR employment contracts, no employer signature is required; the contract becomes active once the employee signs.

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Amending a Live Contract

Sometimes things change: a raise, a scope update, a new start date. From the worker’s profile, open the active contract and click Amend. Shor walks you through which fields can be changed and generates an amendment for both parties to sign.
Amendments are tracked as versions so you always have a clean history of what was agreed and when.

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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.

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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

Compensation Types

How each pay structure works in practice.

People Overview

Managing your team from the People tab.