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A contract card showing employee and employer signature statuses A contract card showing employee and employer signature statuses Open the signing link your employer sends to read and sign a document. You do not need to sign in to Begin first. Check the document name, sender and Signing as name before continuing.
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Document signing is rolling out gradually. This guide applies when your employer sends you a signing request; ask the sender if you are expecting a link.

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Read before signing

Read to the end of the document, scrolling inside its preview when needed. If you cannot read it, or the name or terms are wrong, contact the sender before signing. A Download PDF action appears when a PDF is available. The public signing page showing the document and the people asked to sign The public signing page showing the document and the people asked to sign

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Add your signature

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Choose a method

Choose an available signing method, then Continue. The choices can include Smart-ID, Mobile-ID, ID-card or eParaksts, depending on the workspace’s country.
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Provide the requested details

For Smart-ID, check the country and personal identification number. Mobile-ID also asks for your phone number. Follow the on-screen instructions for your method.
3

Complete the identity check

Start signing and follow your identity provider’s prompt. If a verification code appears, check it matches before confirming.
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Check the result

Wait for Thank you for signing. Signing progress shows whether the other people have signed too.

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Sign by drawing

Some employers ask you to draw your signature instead of using an electronic ID. The page then shows a signature box in place of the method choice.
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Draw your signature

Draw in the box with your finger or mouse. Choose Clear to start again.
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Sign

Choose Sign. If the box is empty, the page asks you to draw first.
When everyone has signed, Begin builds a signed PDF: the document, then a page with each drawing, the signer’s name and email, the signing time and the document’s fingerprint. A drawn signature is a simple electronic signature, not a qualified one. Your signature can be recorded while somebody else still needs to sign. Download signed document appears when the completed file is available. When everyone has signed, Begin sends you a completion email. If the signed file is available and within the email attachment limit, the email includes it; if it does not, contact the sender for a copy. Your signing link expires 30 days after it was last sent, so keep that file if you need a copy. If you do not agree, choose Decline to sign, optionally enter a reason, then choose Decline. The signing round closes as declined; contact the sender if the document needs changing. This signing link is no longer valid can mean the link expired or signing was closed. Ask the sender for a current request. A connection error offers Try again; it does not mean you have declined or signed.

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Finding documents

Find your agreement again inside Begin.

Completing acknowledgements

Respond when your employer asks you to read and confirm.

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