Drafting Employment Contracts
Published on 1. September 2004
Book
Mixed media product
488 pages
978-1-85328-906-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a highly practical guide to best practice in the drafting of employment contracts. It provides advice on points to watch out for and the pros and cons of particular provisions. The book also contains over 100 model clauses, draft letters and contracts covering virtually every aspect of the employment relationship (including part-time work, fixed term contracts and changing terms and conditions). All of the clauses and precedents have been tried and tested by the author and have been saved on an accompanying CD-ROM for easy customisation. Drafting Employment Contracts is fully up-to-date, covering issues such as data protection, email and internet abuse, stress, sickness absence and specialised terms such as confidentiality and restrictive covenants. It will save practitioners a vast amount of time when dealing with the standard issues that they will commonly encounter, as well as some that are not so standard.
Reviews / Votes
'Gillian Howard's book ambitiously attempts to provide a comprehensive approach to drafting an employment contract and related polices, and covers a remarkable range of modern day issues such as term-time working and job shares. The book is packed with precedents and checklists; you might otherwise search a long time before finding such reference material in one place.' New Law Journal, 21st January 2005 'A highly practical guide ... employment law specialists, human resource professionals and others involved in drafting or varying employment contracts will welcome this comprehensive volume dealing with what remains the cornerstone of employment law.' Employment LawletterMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85328-906-4 (9781853289064)
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Other editions
New editions
Gillian S. Howard
Drafting Employment Contracts
Book
10/2010
2nd Edition
The Law Society
€163.42
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Person
Gillian Howard is an employment lawyer and honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham. She is also an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and has recently been appointed to the Board of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine. She has numerous corporate and individual clients for whom she has drafted many of the precedents that appear in this book. She is the author of numerous articles and books and has recently been appointed as the legal adviser to the editorial board of Occupational Health Review.
Content
1. The start of the employment relationship; 2. The offer and written particulars; 3. Different types of contracts; 4. The 'Martini Contract' - 'Anywhere, any time, any place'; 5. The salary package and other financial terms and benefits; 6. Absence and sick pay; 7. Rules and standards of conduct; 8. Disciplinary procedures and performance reviews; 9. Grievances, harassment, bullying and 'whistleblowing'; 10. Notice; 11. Emails, the internet and data protection; 12. Restrictive covenants and confidentiality; 13. Compromise agreements.