# Hiring in Armenia

Review edition — pending Theo Smith approval.

## What must the agreement contain?

Normal working time may not exceed 40 hours per week and ordinarily eight hours per day. Special schedules and overtime are separately regulated.

Applies to: Armenian Labour Code ordinary working-time baseline

Still to establish: Current contract form, digital-contract requirements, sector exceptions and overtime

- Current contract form, digital-contract requirements, sector exceptions and overtime

Next step: Confirm Current contract form, digital-contract requirements, sector exceptions and overtime.

- [Armenian legal information system ARLIS](https://arlis.am/en/acts/229600)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.

## How do we manage employment after onboarding?

Labour Code article 105 regulates essential employment changes and generally links notification to article 115, with specified exceptions. Pay changes without written consent have separate limits.

Applies to: Armenian employment; inspected official English text includes amendments through September 2025.

Still to establish: Applicable notice by service, precise change, exceptions and amendments after the English consolidation

- Confirm the specific change or payroll event and applicable statutory/collective rules.
- Identify who can approve and sign, required notice/consent, and employee remedies.
- Validate payroll timing, accrued entitlements and employer documentation for the worker.
- Applicable notice by service, precise change, exceptions and amendments after the English consolidation



- [arlis.am](https://arlis.am/en/acts/229600)

Checked 2026-09-28. Research status: partial.