Standard Minimum Contract with Enhanced Confidentiality

This Standard Employment Contract with Enhanced Confidentiality is very similar to the Basic Employment Contract. It can be applied to a wide variety of jobs, particularly junior roles and those requiring only the statutory minimum requirements for a contract. It is particularly aimed at employees who may be given access to confidential or sensitive information.

Employers must provide workers and employees with a written statement of their main terms and conditions of employment, often known as a Standard Form Section One Statement. This contract covers those requirements and must be provided to the employee or worker by day one of employment.

Use this contract where confidentiality needs tighter wording

This template is intended for roles where the employee may have access to confidential or sensitive information and you want enhanced confidentiality provisions, while still meeting the statutory minimum requirements for a contract.

Duties and job description

The “Duties” clause lets you either set out the duties and responsibilities of the role, state that duties are “as determined by the Company from time to time”, or refer to a separate job description.

Key terms this contract is designed to record

The contract includes clauses covering the main employment terms, including the start date and continuous employment date (and, where included, the notice period), place of work (including work outside the UK), hours of work, remuneration and benefits, holidays and other paid leave, training, sickness absence, pension, workplace procedures, data protection, and governing law, as well as the employee’s right to work in the UK.

Pension wording update

The Pensions Act 2014 introduced a new state pension for people reaching state pension age on or after 6 April 2016, replacing the previous basic state pension and additional state pension and ending contracting out for defined-benefit schemes. This employment contract has been updated accordingly with the removal of the clause referring to the contracting out certificate.

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