Employment law update ? the employment contract
The foundation stone of the workplace is the employment contract. The terms of the contract can come from a number of different sources, for example, statute, industry rules and standards, and the company's own rules. The Employment Rights Act 1996 places a duty on employers to issue written terms and conditions to employees within eight weeks of taking up employment. The ERA lists the minimum contents and these include the names of the parties, the date the contract came into being, terms
