Some Basic Questions regarding Contracts of Employment
Why contracts of Employment are so important
How we can help with Contract of Employment problems
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- because the law requires you to have them (so what?)
- because it's the sole means of legally regulating your relationship with your workforce (so what?)
- because it formally sets the standards you require of your workforce (so what?)
- because in the event of a dispute arising between you and your workforce, it will be the prime yardstick against which each party's actions will be judged (so what?)
- because if you go into Tribunal and it's found to be faulty, no matter how strong the moral or commonsensical grounds of your defence, your going to lose (that's why!)
It is almost impossible to over-emphasise the importance to the employer of the contract of employment and its attendant policies and procedures.
When constituted into an appropriate employment control system, it provides the means whereby you can operate effectively as an employer:
- recruitment
- induction
- record keeping
- control
- direction
- development
- reward
- effective employment procedures
- employment termination
are among the key management tasks that are facilitated by the right sort of employment controls.
Given the rate and extent of changes in employment law over the last year alone, it is likely that your staff contracts might need attention (if only minor tweaking).
For a free, no obligation review of your existing controls, click here.
Some Basic Questions regarding Contracts of Employment
How we can help with Contract of Employment problems
Which of the following statements turns out to be true in the vast majority of cases?
a) My staff will never accept a written contract in a month of Sundays.
b) The workforce were actually pleased to receive their contracts and handbooks and the generally feeling was that at last they knew where they stood.
[Answer: overwhelmingly b]
An employee has to sign an amended contract of employment before that contract can be enforced.
WRONG!