You and Your Staff Contracts are Key
Introduction & welcome Jayne Holliday Head of Employment Department
Contracts of Employment – What are they? Don’t have to be in writing – implied terms Statutory obligations Express terms Section 1 Statement of Main Terms of Employment Contract of Employment
Contracts of Employment – Why are they important? Gives the employer more rights Deductions from wages Lay off/short time working Changing hours Gives the employee certainty regarding their terms of employment
Contracts of Employment – What types are there? Permanent Full time or part time Comparable/pro rata terms Temporary Fixed period Duration of project Flexible hours Zero hours Casual
Contracts of Employment – Can they be changed? Existing staff Inherited from another tenant? TUPE Is there a contract in place? Consultation & negotiation Serve notice to terminate New staff
The Plug How can we help? CoPe Free Business Health check Jayne Holiday t: Office: Inhedge House, 31 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 1DB. w:
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