Employment Contract

When you start work with an employer a contract is automatically created regardless if the agreement is verbal or written. If your employment contract is not in writing, your employer still has to provide you with a written statement of employment particulars.

The Employment Rights Act 1996 requires your employer to provide you with a written statement of employment particulars within two calendar months of starting your job.
The written statement should include:

 - Employer’s name
 
- Your name
 
- Your job title
 
- the address of the employer and place of work
 
- Hours of work
 
- The date employment commenced
 
- If the employment is not permanent, the date it will end
 
- The amount of pay and the interval between payments
 
- Your sickness and sick pay arrangements
 
- Your holiday pay and entitlement
 
- Your pension
 
- The notice periods
 
- How to make a grievance or appeal a disciplinary decision

Are you a business owner needing employment contracts or advice drafting one? -
visit our Employer Advice section.