Employment Contracts · glossary

Commencement Date

The Contract defines it as “4 January 2027”, the day Esme starts. Her employment and her continuous employment both begin that day, under clauses 2.1 and 2.2. Her written statement is due by then. Contract 1.1, “Commencement Date” · Chapter 2 · see Continuous employment, Written statement

Explained in Chapter 2, The Offer Letter, the Written Statement and the Start Date, of Employment Contracts.

How it comes up, in Chapter 2
Clause 2.1 uses that rule. Under it, the Contract is her written statement, together with the Staff Handbook where the Contract refers to it. The Contract calls her start date the Commencement Date. Clause 2.2 adds that her continuous employment (unbroken service with one employer) begins that day, and that no earlier job counts towards it.
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As defined in the training Contract
4 January 2027;
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