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HR templates for tech startups & SaaS companies

Offer letters with equity language, IP assignments, remote-work agreements, and the policies investors look for in diligence — built for startups scaling from 5 to 50.

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Employment offer letter

A jurisdiction-aware full-time employment offer letter. Fillable, exportable as PDF or DOCX, free.

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Independent contractor agreement

A jurisdiction-aware contractor services agreement covering scope, IP assignment, confidentiality, and independent-contractor classification.

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Confidentiality (NDA) agreement

A mutual or one-way non-disclosure agreement with IP carveouts and a jurisdiction-aware governing-law clause.

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What's hard about HR in this industry

Equity vesting and IP-assignment language that has to hold up in M&A diligence.
Distributed teams across provinces, states, and sometimes countries.
Confidentiality and trade-secret protection in a high-leverage market.
Compensation transparency expectations from senior engineers and PMs.
Investor diligence that asks for HR policies on a tight deadline.

When you'd reach for these

Hiring an early engineer with equity, IP assignment, and a clean termination clause.
Standing up a handbook for a Series A diligence ask in 48 hours.
Engaging a contractor without triggering misclassification risk.
Onboarding a remote employee in a province / state where the company has no other footprint.

Other templates worth having for tech startups

policies

Remote work policy & agreement

A combined policy and individual agreement for remote and hybrid work — hours, equipment, expenses, data security, and jurisdiction of employment.

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BYOD (bring your own device) policy

A bring-your-own-device policy covering enrollment, security baseline, what the company can and can't see, and what happens at termination.

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Employee handbook

A starter employee handbook covering hours, conduct, confidentiality, time off, and the policies every growing team needs.

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performance

Performance improvement plan (PIP)

A measurable, time-bound performance improvement plan with clear expectations, support resources, and review cadence.

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termination

Termination letter — without cause

A jurisdiction-aware without-cause termination letter that meets ESA / labour-standards minimums and preserves the employee's common-law rights.

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Bind these into a handbook

Pick the policies you need from the tech startups list above and bind them into a single PDF or DOCX with a cover, table of contents, and page numbers.

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