Commission Agreement
(Salaried Staff)
The following agreement on the payment of commissions has been entered
into on the present date between
the employer signing below:
Name: _________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________
Business License No. or
Civil Reg. No.:
and the employee signing below:
Name: _________________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________________
Civil Registration No. _________________________________________________
§ 1. Area to be covered
District: _________________________________________________
Products: _________________________________________________
§ 2. Commission rate
The commission has been agreed to comprise __________ % of the turnover.
§ 3. Acquisition of rights to commissions
The employee acquires a right to a commission when the employer has received an
order and has not without undue delay rejected it. The employee has a right to
commissions on all sales in the area, cf. section 1, as long as the agreement is in
force. The employee is likewise entitled to commissions on orders that are effected
after the expiration of the agreement when the order can be attributed to the work of
the employee during the period of the agreement.
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[email protected] § 4. Lacking execution of orders
The employee has a right to a commission even if the order is not executed if the
lacking execution is due to circumstances that can be attributed to the employer. The
employer must in a given case document that the lack of fulfilment is due to the
customer’s situation or delivery impediments outside the ability of the employer to
affect.
If the customer’s obligation to make payment is not fulfilled, the right to a commission
is revoked. If the customer’s obligation to make payment is fulfilled in part, the
employee has a right to a commission proportionate thereto.
§ 5. Due date
The commission becomes due for payment at the end of the month after the month in
which invoicing occurs.
§ 6. Guaranteed minimum commission
During the first 3 months of the employment relationship the employer will pay DKK
__________ in a guaranteed minimum commission per month. Any possible deficit
cannot be set off against later commission payments.
§ 7. Holiday remuneration.
During holidays, the employee will be paid an amount corresponding to what the
employee, if he/she had not held a holiday, would have otherwise earned in
commissions. The lost commissions shall on a monthly basis comprise at least the
average of the commission payments for 12 prior months. If the employment
relationship has been less than 12 months, the average will be computed on the basis
of the prior commission payments that have been made so far.
§ 8. Danish Act concerning Business Agents and Business Travel
In general, reference is made to the provisions of the Danish Act concerning
Commercial Agents and Commercial Travellers. The Danish Salaried Employees Act
and the Danish Holiday Act are also applicable.
_____________________________ _____________________________
Date Date
___________________ ___________________
Employer Employee
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