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详细
How do practitioners draft a contract of employment that is both comprehensive and comprehensible? One that covers necessary complexities but is clear? Save time and money by following the tried and tested guidance and clauses in Drafting Employment Contracts.
This invaluable book offers practical and thorough coverage both as a tool to draft employment contracts and also as a guide for creating policy and executing it.
Fully updated, this new third edition includes new precedents on checks on job applicants, a new policy on whistle blowing and also covers:
- major changes on sickness and absence
- changes to the law and case law on maternity, paternity and shared maternity leave
- new flexible working rights
- changes to drafting of email internet abuse and social networking policies
- new case law includes: status of worker; whether refusing time off to attend religious festivals constitutes indirect religious discrimination; travel abroad and employer's duty of care and guidance.
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1. The start of the employment relationship and making the offer;
2. The offer and statutory terms and conditions - the principal statement;
3. Different types of contracts;
4. The 'Martini contract': 'any time, any place, anywhere';
5. Salary package and other financial terms and benefits;
6. Absence and sick pay;
7. Maternity, paternity, adoptive and parental leave;
8. Rules and standards of conduct;
9. Disciplinary and performance procedures;
10. Redundancy;
11. Grievances, harassment, bullying and 'whistleblowing';
12. Notice and references;
13. Emails, the Internet and data protection;
14. Restrictive covenants and confidentiality;
15. Compromise agreements and settlements.
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Gillian Howard runs her own practice specialising in employment law, personal injury and clinical negligence. She has acted for employers and employees in several high profile sex and race discrimination claims. Gillian is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, the author of Vetting and Monitoring Employees at Work and contributor to Fitness for Work - Medical Aspects.
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"Logically set out, and reassuringly detailed, this straightforward and clearly written handbook will help you confirm that you are indeed steering your clients in the right direction through the legal complexities and potential pitfalls of the hiring process."
Phillip Taylor, Richmond Green Chambers