Features of Employment Contract

               The Contract of Employment between the employer and the employee must comply with the laws for employment. What is included in the contract shall depend on the job being offered and under what terms. The employer should carefully outline to the employee the job description so that the employee will exercise flexibility in the job.

            There are several basic features of an employment contract that must be included and explained in details to the employee. The law requires the employer to brake down in details and explain the terms and conditions of employment to the employee. Thus, it is better for the employer to make a brief outline of the terms and conditions of employment within one document. Next the employer should make a second document which outlines the contract in a more detailed manner.

             The basic features of the contract of employment between employer and employee are: parties of the contract, date of the contract, scale or rate of pay, intervals of payment, work hours, job title, job description, where the employee will be working, terms regarding injury, sickness and sick-pay, provisions for sick pay, pension policy, holiday entitlement, code of conduct, work patterns, length of termination notice, collective agreements (if any) and the particulars of outside the country assignment (if any). 

             The parties of the contract are the name and address of the company and the name and address of the employee. The date is when the contract is in effect. The rate of pay is the method of calculating pay and the intervals are whether the employee will be paid weekly, monthly or other specified basis. The work hour is whether the employee is expected or not to work normal hours, overtime and out of hours work. The job title is the designation of the employee while the job description is the description of what the employee is expected to do. The address of the company or where the employee will be working should also be included. The terms regarding injury and sickness should be covered while the provisions for sick pay will define what the employee is entitled to in case of sickness. The pension policy is the pension scheme benefit the employee is also entitled to. Holiday entitlement is the terms and conditions regarding holidays. The code of conduct is the brief disciplinary summary of the company. The employee should also be provided with the company manual. The work patterns are whether the employee will work as a part-time employee or temporary or contractual. The length of termination of the contract shall state the require length of notice before the contract can be terminated. The particulars of outside the country assignment shall include the coverage time period, the currency if payment, the benefits attached to working outside the country and all the other terms and conditions which is related to the return of the