Zero Hours Contract

This Zero Hours Contract template is designed to create an 'on call' arrangement between Employer and Employee. For these purposes, it is intended for varying staffing requirements where the Employer is under no obligation to offer work but, when work is offered, the Employee is required to accept the offer.

USE THIS CONTRACT TO RETAIN AN 'ON CALL' POOL

Using this contract allows Employers to retain a pool of workers to fill temporary positions as they arise.

These individuals are workers (not self-employed) because there is a global contract covering the periods when they are not working.

STATUS POINT: WORKER OR EMPLOYEE

If both parties are under an obligation to each other, creating a mutuality of obligation, the worker may also be an employee with all the associated employment protection rights that entails.

In this contract, there are alternative clauses depending on whether:

• holiday pay is paid at the time the leave is taken; or
• rolled-up holiday pay is to be used.

Rolled-up holiday pay is a payroll practice where an employer adds an additional percentage, typically calculated at 12.07% of the worker's total pay, to a worker's normal pay instead of paying them separately when they take annual leave.

WHEN NOT TO USE THIS CONTRACT 

For situations where the Employer has no obligation to offer work and the Employee is not required to accept the offer of work, see the Casual Work Contract. 

This contract is regularly reviewed to ensure that it reflects the current position on zero hours contracts.

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