Employment Contracts · glossary

Written statement

The document setting out the main terms of a job, which every employee must have by her first day. Sections 1 and 7A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 let a contract holding those terms serve as it. Clause 2.1 makes the Contract Esme’s written statement. Contract 2.1 · Chapter 2 · see Offer letter, Commencement Date

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

How it comes up, in Chapter 1
The law requires every employer to give a new employee a written statement of the main terms by the first day of work. A contract that holds those terms can be the written statement itself.
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