Contracts of Employment

Employment terms and conditions were usually incorporated into a contract of employment, which was often very long, very wordy and full of legalese.

These days, many employers use a statement of initial employment particulars – the basic employment contract – supplemented by an Employee Handbook or Staff Handbook. Many employers, however, do not realise that employment terms can become contractual even if they are not contained in a ‘contract of employment’. A memo on a notice board referring to “the traditional Christmas bonus” can result in an implied contractual term that there will be a Christmas bonus. Unlike a commercial contract, contractual employment terms do not even have to be in writing and, for example, a verbal offer of employment, or of overtime pay, etc. can form a binding contract even though it is made verbally.

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