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Expenses clause

Expenses clauseIt's useful to insert a short clause on expenses into employment contracts, particularly for those employees who are likely to incur them.Expenses clauseOur Written Statement of Employment Particulars covers pay but is silent on expense... Read more
 
 

Garden leave clause

Garden leave clauseA garden leave clause enables you to place an employee on leave during the notice period following either their resignation or dismissal with notice. It is used as an alternative to the employee working out their notice period or p... Read more
 
 

Night work clause

Night work clauseNight workers are subject to special statutory rules set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998 and these are additional to the general working time rules. You can use our clause to vary some of these special statutory rules.Night ... Read more
 
 

Suspension clause

Suspension clauseWhere you have a reasonable belief that an employee may have committed an act of gross or very serious misconduct, you may wish to consider suspending themĀ during the investigationĀ and pending a formal disciplinary hearing. A suspe... Read more
 
 

Counterparts clause

Counterparts clauseA counterparts clause is an example of a "boilerplate" clause, which are clauses that are designed to achieve certainty for the parties to the employment contract.Counterparts clauseIt's common for contracts and agreements, including ... Read more
 
 

Lay-off and short time working clause

Lay-off and short time working clauseConsider inserting a lay-off and short time working clause into employment contracts enabling you to temporarily lay off an employee with no work and no pay, or to temporarily reduce their hours/days of work during... Read more
 
 

Non-exclusivity clause

Non-exclusivity clauseExclusivity terms are unenforceable if they're in the contracts of employees or workers whose net average weekly wages don't exceed the lower earnings limit.Unenforceable exclusivity clausesAny exclusivity term in a specified cont... Read more
 
 

Failure to take up employment clause

Failure to take up employment clauseWith key new recruits, it may be possible to include a failure to take up employment clause, or "no show" clause, in their employment contract. Breach of contractWhere a job applicant has accepted your offer of emplo... Read more
 
 

Commission clause

Commission clauseThe salaries of employees who are in sales roles is often comprised of a basic element plus guaranteed commission which is calculated according to the number of successful sales made. In this situation, the employee's written statemen... Read more
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