Employment Contract Schema

UUID of the employee_profile this contract version belongs to

Sequential contract revision per employee (1 = initial contract, 2 = first amendment, ...)

First day on which this version is in effect (YYYY-MM-DD)

Last day this version is in effect. null on the currently active version. Set automatically when a new version is created.

UUID of the employment_contract that supersedes this one

When this version was superseded

Free-text reason for this contract change (e.g. "Gehaltserhöhung 2026", "Wechsel auf 30h"). Required when creating a v>=2.

Permanent (unbefristet), fixed-term (befristet), or other forms

End date of the contract (only set for FIXED_TERM/TEMPORARY)

End of probation period (Probezeit). null if no probation.

Notice period in days (Kündigungsfrist), null = legal default

Free-text role description (Tätigkeitsbeschreibung)

Job title for this contract version (Stellenbezeichnung)

Working-time model for this contract

Contracted weekly hours

Reference to a working_time_model entity (shift pattern, flex windows, ...)

Annual vacation entitlement in days

Map of field-name → encrypted envelope. Encrypted client-side with the employee DEK; the server never sees plaintext. See EMPLOYMENT_CONTRACT_ZK_FIELDS for the registered field set and their visibility category.

DRAFT = work in progress, ACTIVE = currently in force, SUPERSEDED = replaced by newer version, TERMINATED = employment ended

UUID of the dms_document containing the signed PDF of this contract version

Additional dms_document IDs (annexes, side letters)

Free-text internal notes