Under Section 2 of the Nachweisgesetz, the act on written proof of employment terms, an employer in Germany must put the essential terms of an employment contract in writing. They include eine kurze Charakterisierung oder Beschreibung der vom Arbeitnehmer zu leistenden Tätigkeit, a short characterization or description of the work the employee is to do. The employer must hand over this description at the latest on the seventh calendar day after the agreed start of the employment.