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Sign an Employment Contract Online

The gap between “offer accepted” and “contract signed” is where candidates get poached. E-signing the employment contract — often together with the offer letter, job description, and policy acknowledgements in one envelope — closes that gap to hours.

HR teams are typically the first department to adopt e-signatures because the volume is high, the documents are standardised, and new hires expect a digital experience.

Is it legal?

E-signing a employment contract in the GCC

Private-sector employment contracts can be validly e-signed across the GCC. In Saudi Arabia, contracts are additionally registered in the Qiwa platform — the e-signed contract is the agreement between the parties; Qiwa attestation is a parallel administrative step, not a replacement for signature. In Qatar, employment contracts follow the general Law 16/2010 regime, with Ministry of Labour attestation as a separate filing.

e-Signature in Qatare-Signature in Saudi Arabia

How to sign a employment contract online

  1. 1

    Upload the contract (or reuse your standard template with fields already placed).

  2. 2

    Add the candidate as signer — and HR/management for sequential counter-signature.

  3. 3

    Send. The candidate verifies with a one-time code and signs from their phone.

  4. 4

    The sealed contract and bilingual certificate archive automatically; bulk-send handles hiring waves.

Frequently asked questions

Is an e-signed employment contract valid in Saudi Arabia and Qatar?

Yes — private-sector employment contracts fall under Royal Decree M/18 (KSA) and Law 16/2010 (Qatar). Government platform registrations (like Qiwa) are parallel administrative steps, not substitutes for the signed agreement.

Can the contract be bilingual Arabic/English?

Yes — upload your bilingual PDF as-is. Arabic names and typed Arabic signatures render correctly in the sealed document, and the completion certificate itself is bilingual.

How do bulk hiring waves work?

Upload a CSV of candidates against your contract template — SahlSign mail-merges and dispatches an envelope per hire, each individually tracked.

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