[jyl]

What is the reason to have an employment agreement? For the employer, why isn't it better to have an at-will employee that you can terminate for any reason or no reason at all at the drop of a hat? Seem like the main benefit of an employment agreement is to give the employee more legal rights, which as an employer I wouldn't want.

For that matter, do you want an employee or an independent contractor? I thought the former brings the burden of payroll tax withholdings, unemployment tax, social security filing, and so on.

I can see requiring the person - whether employee or contractor - to sign away any claims to intellectual property etc.