Personal Assistant Employment Contract (Individual Employer)

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is now payable from the first full day of sickness absence. This contract has been updated to reflect this change.

This Personal Assistant Employment Contract (Individual Employer Version) is for use by an individual who employs a personal assistant to work in their home or office.

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.

The matching offer letter is the Personal Assistant Offer Letter (Individual Employer).

Use this contract for the individual employer and personal assistant relationship

Because this is often a close working relationship, the contract includes provisions intended to help deal with disagreements in a straightforward way. For example, it makes clear that the personal assistant will need to work flexible hours and that any additional hours will not attract overtime payment.

Pay, deductions, benefits and confidentiality

The contract specifies the sums that can be deducted from the personal assistant’s salary to help avoid misunderstandings. It also includes an optional clause covering health insurance and other benefits.

It contains an enhanced confidentiality clause to reflect that the employee may have access to sensitive personal information.

Statutory statement and protections for individual employers

This Personal Assistant Employment Contract (Individual Employer Version) covers the requirements of a Standard Form Section One Statement as set out in the Employment Rights Act 1996. It also includes additional clauses intended to provide greater protection to the employer and to address the personal nature of the relationship between an individual employer and a personal assistant.

What does this personal assistant employment contract cover?

The contract is designed to record the main employment terms for this type of arrangement, including:

• start date and continuous employment;
• duties, hours and place of work, including work outside the UK;
• pay, benefits, expenses and deductions;
• car arrangements;
• holidays and other paid leave;
• training, sickness absence and pension;
• health insurance and other benefits, where included;
• maternity and paternity leave;
• exclusivity of service and confidentiality;
• workplace procedures and termination of employment;
• employer’s property, health and safety, severability and governing law; and
• the employee’s right to work in the UK.

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