Do current teachers need to sign an employment contract?

You do need to sign a contract, this is a normal process. The establishment of teachers on staff is public sector staff, that is, teachers on staff are staff of public institutions. Non-employed teachers are temporary staff or contract workers. As staff of public institutions, teachers are required to sign a contract for five years in accordance with relevant regulations after joining the company (in practice, the contract is generally only signed once) and enjoy the benefits of working in public institutions in accordance with relevant regulations. However, the contract workers we refer to generally refer to temporary employees. Recruit personnel.

1. What is an employment contract

An employment contract is a type of labor contract. It is an agreement that establishes the rights and obligations between the employing unit and the employee who applies for the job.

This type of agreement refers to a contract for the purpose of recruiting or hiring employed and non-employed workers with specific technical expertise as full-time or part-time technical professionals or managers.

Employment contracts are divided according to different employment methods. Labor contracts can be divided into employment contracts, employment contracts and secondment contracts. An employment contract is also called an employment contract.

It is an agreement on the rights and obligations related to the performance of relevant work responsibilities entered into by a public institution and its employees on the basis of equality, voluntariness and consensus in accordance with the relevant laws and policies of the country. Employment contracts are generally applicable to the recruitment of specific workers with technical business expertise.

2. Characteristics of an employment contract

(1) An employment contract is a legal act in which both parties express the same intention, rather than a unilateral legal act. The conditions for the establishment of an employment contract are the same as those of a general contract. The employment contract will only be established when both the public institution and the person to be employed have expressed the same intention and voluntarily reached an agreement.

(2) The legal status of both parties in the employment contract is equal. This is the prerequisite for both parties to express their wishes freely and is also an important basis for both parties to realize their rights and obligations.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the "Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China"

Enterprises, individual economic organizations, and private non-enterprises within the territory of the People's Republic of China This law shall apply when units and other organizations (hereinafter referred to as employers) establish labor relations with workers and conclude, perform, modify, terminate or terminate labor contracts. The conclusion, performance, modification, rescission or termination of labor contracts by state agencies, institutions, social groups and workers with whom they have established labor relations shall be governed by this Law.