Employment law - Contractual clauses
Models (102)
Bonus payment clauseOnly include a bonus payment clause in your contract of employment if you actually intend to pay a bonus to the particular employee. It's also always safer to make bonus payments discretionary rather than contractual entitlements, ... Read more
08 Dec 2023
Alcohol and drug testing clauseYou should only include our clause in the contracts of those in safety critical roles whose use of alcohol or drugs poses safety risks.ApplicationIt's not appropriate to operate an alcohol and drug screening programme fo... Read more
10 Nov 2023
Climate change provisionsWe've drafted a few environmentally friendly provisions that you can include in employment contracts or your staff handbook if you wish.Fighting climate changeWhat we've done in our Climate Change Provisions is to provide optio... Read more
16 Oct 2023
Sick pay clauseYou're obliged to include any provisions for sick pay as part of the written statement of employment particulars. However, it's entirely up to you whether you only pay statutory sick pay (SSP), whether you operate a discretionary sick pa... Read more
11 Sep 2023
Sunday working clauseIf you require a shop worker to work on Sundays, insert our clause into their employment contract.Opting out of Sunday workingAs with most other employees, subject to not breaching working time rules, you can contractually requir... Read more
08 Sep 2023
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
06 Jul 2023
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
12 Jun 2023
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
09 Jun 2023
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
12 May 2023
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
13 Jan 2023
