Contract of Employment Templates

Employers are legally obliged to provide employees with certain written details of their employment. Such written statements of employment particulars do not have to be in the form of a written contract, but most employers choose to issue a full contract of employment to cover all terms comprehensively.

Full written employment contracts provide legal clarity and protection for employers, employees and workers.

Legally compliant and up-to-date employment contracts

These templates have been drafted and kept up-to-date by employment solicitors and HR professionals. The employment contracts have been updated to reflect the statutory sick pay (SSP) changes set by the Employment Rights Act where SSP is now payable from the first full day of sickness absence.

They have been created to cover a wide selection of responsibilities and roles to reduce the requirement for employers and employment practitioners to tailor them to individual job specifications.

All the contracts of employment provided include the statutory obligatory information such as:

job title and description;
start date, pay details and hours of work;
holiday entitlement and place of work;
employer details and notice periods; and
information on sickness, disciplinary and grievance procedures.

Contracts of employment and matching offer letters

The written statement or contract of employment must be provided on or before the first day of employment. They are often provided at the same time as an employment offer letter.

Matching offer letters are available within Employment Offer Letter Templates.

Which employment contract should you use?

Due to the different forms of employment, such as permanent, full time, part time, fixed term and zero-hours, as well as business needs and worker preferences, it is important to choose a template that provides clarity and protection for each employment relationship.

Separate sections provide for self-employment at Self-Employment Contract Templates.

Choosing between full time, part time and specialist contracts

The widest range and most frequently downloaded employment contracts are within Full Time Contracts of Employment and Part Time Employment Agreements.

Each of these provides generic versions that can be applied to a wide range of roles, seniority levels and working structures, such as fixed term, but they also include contracts for more specific employment terms.

Full Time Contracts of Employment include contracts for apprenticeships, young workers, homeworkers, night workers and other arrangements.
Part Time Employment Agreements include options for zero hours, casual, job share and term-time work.

Contracts for managers, directors, sales staff and hospitality roles

More specific role-based contract of employment templates can be downloaded within Managers Employment Contracts and Directors' Service Contracts. These are tailored to the responsibilities of those roles and therefore provide better protection to the employer.

The choice of templates also includes Employment Contracts for Sales Staff and Pub and Restaurant Employment Contracts.

Sales staff contracts provide for differences from more standard employment contracts, such as company cars and commission structures, and tighter restrictive covenants. The pub and restaurant selection specifically provides for waiter/waitress, bar and food handling staff.

Restrictive covenant clauses for additional protection

Restrictive Covenant Clauses are essential protections for an employer's business.

As an employee's role changes and responsibilities increase, giving them access to information and contact with customers/clients, suppliers and staff, the original contract of employment may not provide sufficient protection. These clauses are designed to be added to relevant employment agreements to further protect the employer's business interests.

What other templates can be downloaded from Employment?

The subscription provides unlimited downloads not just to the matching employment offer letters but to every document within Employment. The breadth of templates covers a extensive range of HR tasks enabling the management of the employment relationship from recruitment to termination. These professionally drafted, simple to use documents are constantly updated to latest legislation are an affordable and cost effective resource for any employer.

Choose from the lists below the Employment Contracts that best fit your requirements:

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