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1.1.1. Individual employment agreement for a specific piece of workThe indication of a specific piece of work in an individual employment agreement canbe stipulated only when the nature of the work to be done so requires. For such purposes,the work that the temporary worker will do must be clearly specified in the contract,stating what the job consists of and in what stage or until what stage the temporaryworker will be needed.74C H A P T E R V1.1.2. Individual employment agreement for a limited time periodIn this contract, the time period for which the employment will last must be specified,including the date of termination. The cases in which this type of contract can be executedare listed below:a) When the nature of the work to be done requires such a contract; for example, thehiring done by hotels in high-occupancy seasons, such as Christmas or New Year’s,in order to adequately respond to the work load during that period;b) When the purpose is the temporary substitution of another worker; for example,when a worker is on maternity leave, she can be temporarily replaced by anotherworker during that period. In this situation, the principal element is the temporarysubstitution;c) In other cases of special types of work named in the law: musicians, actors, athletes,and certain professionals, among others.1.1.3. Contract for an indefinite time periodThe employment contract for an indefinite time period is the general rule in relation toother contracts recognized by the LFT. In the event that the duration of a contract for aspecific piece of work or a limited time period is not specified, it will be considered anindividual employment agreement for an indefinite time period. This contract will be ineffect as long as the worker has the physical and mental capacity to do his/her job in anormal fashion and as long as the employer continues to require his/her services.1.2. Essential Elements and Elements Required for IndividualEmployment Agreements to Be ValidAs with all contracts, individual employment contracts have essential elements and elementsrequired to be valid.1.2.1. FormLabor law has attempted to simplify to a minimum the formalities that a labor contractmust contain, to the point that the lack of a document does not deprive a worker of therights established in labor law. Thus, Article 21 of the LFT indicates that “the existence of