You want to invoke a clause in an employee’s written contract of employment and have dug it out to check the wording. Whilst that’s all fine, they’ve not signed the document. Does that mean the
clause is unenforceable?
Published 26.09.2019
An employee has requested a copy of their employment contract. However, you can’t find it on their personnel file. How should you deal with this tricky situation? What options are open to you?
Published 26.01.2023
Apparently, only 0.6% of employees have read their entire employment contract - the rest either didn’t bother or just skimmed over the important bits. If an employee hasn’t read their contract, are
they still bound by all of its terms?
Published 09.10.2015
An employment contract doesn’t have to be signed by the employee to be valid. Nevertheless, as a High Court ruling shows, it’s prudent to retain a signed copy on file. Why?
Published 09.10.2018
By not signing an employee fails to expressly accept the terms and conditions of a new or amended employment contract. If you’re faced with this situation what should you do?
Published 02.09.2015
You recently sent an employment contract out to a successful job applicant. Having done so, you’d now like to alter it by adding an additional term. As the contract hasn’t yet been signed and
returned, can you do this?
Published 07.07.2017
You’ve hired a new employee and given them a written employment contract. However, they’re refusing to sign and return it as they don’t agree with one of the terms. Despite this they are still
turning up for work. How should you play it?
Published 19.11.2018
You need to invoke a clause in an employee’s written contract of employment. However, they’ve just smugly claimed that it’s “totally unenforceable” because they never signed the document. Is this
true?
Published 06.09.2012
As a general rule, you can’t amend any documents which have contractual force without first having your employees’ express and prior consent. Fair enough, but is there any way you might be able to
retain some flexibility here?
Published 05.06.2013
It was recently reported that “thousands of smaller employers are risking fines of £1,800 because they haven’t issued their employees with written contracts of employment”. What’s wrong with this
statement?
Published 21.10.2013