# Create or edit an employment contract

> In Weplanify, record an employee's contract and pay so that they are included in payroll; only one contract can be running for them at a time.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Employees
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats.creer?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats.creer.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, only a running contract brings the employee into payroll. The pay to enter depends on the contract type and your country's rules.

![The Edit contract panel, pay blurred](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Femployes%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fem-contrat-66e9b552.webp?alt=media&token=3b762ac9-1d68-417a-ba8b-84486126ec53)

## Steps

1. In the record, **Contracts** tab, click **New contract** (or the contract's pencil to edit it).
2. Choose the **Contract type** and the **Start date**; leave the end date empty for an open-ended contract.
3. Under **Compensation**, enter the salary as your country requires: a fixed amount, or agreement, category and supplement.
4. If you know the net pay wanted, click **I know the net → estimate the salary**.
5. Attach the **Contract file** if needed, tick **Executive** if relevant, then **Save**.

## Good to know

- Only one contract can be running at a time.
- The employee's branch is set when the contract is created, then no longer changes ([branches](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.branches?lang=en)).
- To suspend or close: [a contract's statuses](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats.cycle?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Branches: agencies and payroll countries](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration.branches?lang=en) — In Weplanify, a branch is an agency of the company: its country decides the payroll rules applied to its employees; create one for each country.
- [A contract's statuses: suspend, terminate, activate](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats.cycle?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the record's Contracts tab shows the running contract and its history, and what each action changes for the employee's payroll.
- [Manage your employees in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee has a record used everywhere: planning, time clock, leave and payroll. Here is how to create it and keep it up to date.
- [An employee's family and payroll situation](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche.paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the record keeps an employee's family situation, social security numbers and bank details, which every payroll run takes into account.
- [Follow employment contracts](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.contrats?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Contracts page lists every employee's contracts, spots those nearing their end date and lets you create or import new ones.
- [Recruit: job offers and candidate tracking](https://weplanify.io/docs/formulaires.recrutement?lang=en) — In Weplanify, publish a job offer, share its application link and move each candidate forward, from their application to their employee record.
- [A day labourer's record and hiring them](https://weplanify.io/docs/journaliers.fiche?lang=en) — In Weplanify, a day labourer's record shows their days, what they were paid and what is still owed; a regular day labourer can be hired in one click.
- [Payroll in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the monthly payroll is prepared in five steps, from time, absences and variable elements up to the payslips, the payment and the closing.