Basic Employment Contract with Standby/On Call Clause

This Basic Employment Contract with Standby/On Call Clause is suitable for a wide variety of roles where the employee may be required to be on standby and attend work if called out.

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 to set out standby and call-out arrangements

Standby and call-out allowances may be needed because of the nature of the job or to provide operational flexibility. Where applicable, standby rates should be set out in the employment contract.

Rates for actual call-out (as opposed to standby) may be paid separately at a higher rate to include travelling time. Where used, those rates should also be specified in the employment contract.

Working time considerations for frequent call-outs

If an employee is called out frequently, there is a risk of breaching the working hours provisions in the Working Time Regulations 1998 unless the employee has signed an agreement consenting to opt out of the right to restrict working hours to no more than an average of 48 hours a week.

What the contract helps you cover

In addition to the standby allowance provisions, this template is designed to record the main employment terms, including the employee’s role, 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 and jurisdiction, as well as the employee’s right to work in the UK.

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