Employment law - Contractual clauses

Expenses clauseIt's useful to insert a short clause on expenses into employment contracts, particularly for those employees who are likely to incur them.Expenses clauseOur Written Statement of Employment Particulars covers pay but is silent on expense... Read more

Garden leave clauseA garden leave clause enables you to place an employee on leave during the notice period following either their resignation or dismissal with notice. It is used as an alternative to the employee working out their notice period or p... Read more

Night work clauseNight workers are subject to special statutory rules set out in the Working Time Regulations 1998 and these are additional to the general working time rules. You can use our clause to vary some of these special statutory rules.Night ... Read more

Counterparts clauseA counterparts clause is an example of a "boilerplate" clause, which are clauses that are designed to achieve certainty for the parties to the employment contract.Counterparts clauseIt's common for contracts and agreements, including ... Read more

Non-exclusivity clauseExclusivity terms are unenforceable if they're in the contracts of employees or workers whose net average weekly wages don't exceed the lower earnings limit.Unenforceable exclusivity clausesAny exclusivity term in a specified cont... Read more

Failure to take up employment clauseWith key new recruits, it may be possible to include a failure to take up employment clause, or "no show" clause, in their employment contract. Breach of contractWhere a job applicant has accepted your offer of emplo... Read more

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