{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:2178","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Form of Contract","number":"2178","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2178/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE III - CONTRACTS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Employment","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":"Paragraph 1. - Formation of Contract"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"A contract of employment may be oral or written, except that any contract of employment concluded for more than a year shall be made in writing.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2178/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":602,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/602/?article=2178&paragraph=p1#article-2178-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"If a contract of employment is written, the employer and employee shall sign or place their marks on the written contract. The employee shall do so before two witnesses, who shall sign or place their marks beside the signature or mark of the employee.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2178/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":602,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/602/?article=2178&paragraph=p2#article-2178-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"The rights of an employee are not affected by the failure to conclude a written contract of employment.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/2178/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":602,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/602/?article=2178&paragraph=p3#article-2178-p3"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}