Employees have the right to be given written notice of their terms and conditions of employment by law. If you fail to do that, then you are breaking the law. So it’s really important that you get terms and conditions of employment in place at the earliest stage possible. A specialist employment lawyer will be able to help you with drafting a contract of employment. There are some terms which have to be in a contract and some which can be tailored to your particular requirements. For instance, if you have a particular requirement with regard to overtime, or if you want to try and place restrictions on what your employees can do after their employment come to an end, then we’ll be able to assist you with those and make sure that the contract contains all the terms that you need in order to successfully run your business.
