Don’t overlook your offer letter:

You’ve interviewed a great candidate who is perfect for your role, and everything is all but finalized, but there is one crucial step to make sure you don’t neglect. 

Your construction company is making a big decision, and for the sake of your own protection – your offer letter needs to be constructed to define and clarify the role before things are official, and if you’re working off of a handshake deal, you’re at risk. 

The key components of an offer letter clearly outline: 

• Start Date: Month, Date, Year 
• Compensation: Hourly, Yearly Salary, Contract 
• Benefits: Available benefits 
• Work Schedule: Regularly working  hours 
• Work Location: (Office, job sites, remote, flexible) 
• Employment Type: Salary, Hourly, Contract 
• Probationary Period (optional): length of time of probationary period and review date. 
• Reporting Structure: Who they report to. 
• Acceptance: Instructions to sign and return a copy of this letter by a specific date. 
• Contingencies: employment is contingent upon completion of background checks, drug screenings, reference checks, I-9 forms, etc
• Signature Agreement:

While no one wants something to go wrong- a new employee may have a different understanding of the position, which may lead to unnecessary problems as employment progresses or lead to further risk of someone taking advantage of employment.

We encourage our clients to additionally provide definitions explaining information on the specifics of compensation and bonus opportunities, benefits and employer contributions, employment at will vs contract, and any miscellaneous terms that may be associated with the role and specific to your organization.