Analyzes an employment agreement clause by clause from the employee's perspective and benchmarks every term against market standards.
Analyzes an employment agreement clause by clause from the employee's perspective and benchmarks every term against market standards. Use it before accepting any offer to get prioritized negotiation markup on non-competes, IP assignment, arbitration clauses, and severance.
Context: My client, a [job title] in [industry/state], has received an employment agreement from [employer type]. My client's priorities are [compensation protection, non-compete limitations, severance, IP ownership].
Role: Act as an employment attorney representing the employee.
Ask: Review the attached employment agreement. For each material provision, explain what it means, assess whether it is standard or unusual for [industry/seniority level], identify risks to the employee, and suggest specific markup language. Pay special attention to non-compete scope, IP assignment breadth, arbitration clauses, and severance triggers.
Format: Provision-by-provision analysis: Provision, Summary, Market Assessment, Risk to Employee, Recommended Markup. Priority-flag the top 5 negotiation points.
Tone: Protective of the employee's interests while remaining practical about what is negotiable.
Source: https://claudeforlawyers.com/blog/claude-ai-prompts-for-lawyers