CONVERSATIONS TO > CONTRACTS

Intro

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Section 1 - Commencement of employment

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Section 2 - Job title

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Section 3 - Place of work

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Section 4 - Pay

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Section 5 - Bonus

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Section 6 - Benefits

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Section 7 - Hours of work and rules

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Section 8 - Overtime

To be inserted if receive paid overtime (usually hourly paid workers only)

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Please note that there is a 48 hour maximum working week time limit included in the template contract

Section 9 - Training

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Section 10 - Holidays

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Section 11 - Health and safety

For homeworking and hybrid working only

Section 12 - Policies and procedures

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For homeworking and hybrid working only

Section 13 - Expenses

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Section 14 - Equipment and insurance

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To be included for homeworking and hybrid contracts

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Section 15 - Right to enter

Section 16 - Confidential information and data protection

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Will the employee ever be required to have confidential information on a personal device or computer?

Section 17 - Incapacity

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Section 18 - Other paid leave

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Section 19 - Termination and notice period

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Section 20 - Disciplinary and grievance procedures

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Section 21 - Pensions

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Section 22 - Data protection

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Section 23 - Collective agreement

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Section 24 - Changes to your terms of employment

No questions

Section 25 - Confidential information

No questions

Section 26 - Company property

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Section 27 - Third party rights

No questions

Section 28 - Governing law and jurisdiction

No questions

Signatures

Suggest we confirm this wording once we know that a date can be added to the agreement when the last party signs it via DocuSign.

Appendixes

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