Employment Contract Template (Permanent) (E101)

Who can use this Employment Contract ?

Any business employing staff can use it.  The template has been designed for use when employing a range of staff, senior and middle management in particular. And it is designed for either full-time or part-time employees. 

What is an  Employment Contract for?

It records the terms on which the employee is engaged by the employer.  And there are a lot of legal requirements in the UK with regard to employment contracts. An employment contract should be issued to employees no later than 8 weeks after they commence employment.

This  employment contract has clauses dealing with the workplace pension requirements as well as data protection, reflecting the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.  It also refers to employment-related policies and procedures, for which we have templates.

 What are the main points for an Employment Contract?

•  Job description and duties
  Where the employee fits in to the employer organisation
• Probationary period
  This can be useful for both sides to see if the appointment works OK
• Hours of work
  Hours of work and whether overtime may be required/paid
• Remuneration
  Salary, expenses and any contractual bonus as well as pension arrangements
• Holiday
  How many days a year, and any restrictions including on carry-over of unused holiday to another year
• Notice periods
  If either side wants to terminate the contract, how much notice is due
• Confidentiality
  This can be important for any employer organisation
• Restrictions on competition
  These may apply both during and after termination
• Policies & Procedures
  sickness, disciplinary etc.                                                                          

What detailed terms does this Employment Contract contain?

This 8 page document contains 19 clauses covering

For more information on each of these sections, see our Explanatory Notes  which you will  receive when you download the Employment Contract from our website.

For information on signing documents see our Contract Signing page

When I download the document, can I change it and/or use it more than once?

 Yes.  All ContractStore’s templates are in MS Word and can be used more than once.  So one payment allows you to use our employment contract for several employees . As well as filling in the details – names and addresses of the parties, job description, salary etc., – you can alter or add to it if you need some special terms.

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Legal assistance

ContractStore supplies templates and is not a law firm.  But all our templates are written by experienced lawyers.  So, we can arrange legal assistance for customers who need special terms in one of our documents or a bespoke template. For more information see our Legal Services page.

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