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It\u2019s not uncommon that our sister company Jaluch<\/a><\/strong> is asked to support companies with performance management, absences, grievances, disciplinaries and tribunal claims that soon become \u2018hot potatoes\u2019. This occurs because what is quickly uncovered is that there is a lack of the essential paperwork that needs to be in place to manage the employee effectively AND be legally compliant.<\/p>\n If you have to defend an employee\u2019s claim, it\u2019s hard to convince an Employment Tribunal Judge that you managed your employee fairly and properly when you have clearly failed to issue them with the most critical of documents that the law requires – a contract of employment. The contract must be issued within 8 weeks.<\/p>\n From our experience across decades, there are a few situations that often give rise to a failure to issue the correct paperwork (contracts), so be on the alert for the \u2018gaps\u2019 in your business:<\/p>\n Contracts are not just about legal compliance as, if you value your money and sanity, then there are lots of clauses you can include in your contract of employment that will help you mange staff effectively and cost efficiently.<\/p>\n From clauses relating to booking and taking holidays, disciplining of short service staff, requiring accrued holiday to be taken during notice periods, not paying staff sick pay who fail to communicate with you etc. There is lots that can be done to make things work smoothly and protect your business interests.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s go back to the beginning as there is lots of confusion around contracts of employment:<\/strong><\/p>\n Note<\/strong>: Contract of Employment versus Written Statement of Particulars? The law requires you to issue a Written Statement to your employees. Usually this is wrapped up into what is commonly known as a Contract of Employment. You don\u2019t need BOTH i.e. a contract and a written statement.<\/p>\n The next area of confusion is which contract of employment to issue. Different contracts for different people!<\/p>\n Below we have listed all the contracts available on Docs Wizard – \u00a0along with a short explanation of when you would use each:<\/p>\nEasy errors<\/h3>\n
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But which Contract of Employment do I need?<\/strong><\/h3>\n