{"id":3398,"date":"2020-01-15T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T12:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2020-03-17T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T12:31:17","slug":"changes-to-worker-and-employee-contracts-6-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/changes-to-worker-and-employee-contracts-6-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Worker and Employee Contracts  &#8211; 6 April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From 6 April 2020 there will be a right to a basic\nwritten contract written as a section one statement that applies to workers and\nemployees alike.&nbsp; This is in accordance\nwith the Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Employed Annual Leave) (Amendment)\nRegulations 2018.&nbsp; Up to this point\nemployees have the right to receive written terms and conditions within eight\nweeks of starting employment and workers may not have received any employment documentation\nat all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The right to a basic written contract takes effect from\nday one of employment so ideally should be issued before employment starts. &nbsp;Genuine self employed contractors are not\nincluded.&nbsp; Agency workers will receive\ntheir documentation from the employment business that is contracting them to\nwork with a third party employer. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A basic written contract as a section one statement\nshould include the following as a minimum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The names of the employer and employee<\/li><li>The date the employment starts and period of\n     continuous employment<\/li><li>Details regarding probation period \u2013 duration\n     and conditions<\/li><li>Pay (or method of calculating it) and interval\n     of payment<\/li><li>Details of any additional remuneration eg\n     bonus, commission<\/li><li>Hours of work (including if fixed or variable;\n     if varied how)<\/li><li>Days of the week required to work (including\n     if fixed or variable; if varied how)<\/li><li>Holiday entitlement and pay<\/li><li>The employee&#8217;s job title or a brief\n     description of the work<\/li><li>Notice periods<\/li><li>Place of work<\/li><li>Details on sick pay and leave<\/li><li>Entitlement to additional pay ie maternity\n     pay, paternity pay<\/li><li>Details regarding training entitlement\n     including if mandatory and if the worker\/employee must pay for this<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The law provides that the issuing of\ncertain other additional terms may be given within two months of beginning employment.&nbsp; This may be in the form of a supplementary\nstatement sent to the worker or employee.&nbsp;\nIn the alternative they may be signposted as to where they can find this\ndocumentation eg on an intranet or via a request to HR. This includes\ninformation on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pension and pension schemes<\/li><li>Collective agreements<\/li><li>Information on grievance and disciplinary\n     procedures<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it might be good practice to\nshare that information via the issuing of just one document.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this new legislation holiday pay\nfor workers will be referenced via 52 week period rather than the current 12\nweek period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If any of the information changes the\nemployer must notify the worker\/employee within one month. Revised\ncontracts\/statements do not need to be provided to the worker\/employee\nautomatically.&nbsp; However, if one is\nrequested this must be provided within one month of the request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employers should review their\nexisting processes to ensure they comply with the law. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 6 April 2020 there will be a right to a basic written contract written as a section one statement that applies to workers and employees alike.&nbsp; This is in accordance with the Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Employed Annual Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.&nbsp; Up to this point employees have the right to receive written [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300,158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6-april-2012","category-contract-of-service"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Changes to Worker and Employee Contracts - 6 April 2020 -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sjbealehrconsult.co.uk\/blog\/changes-to-worker-and-employee-contracts-6-april-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Changes to Worker and Employee Contracts - 6 April 2020 -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From 6 April 2020 there will be a right to a basic written contract written as a section one statement that applies to workers and employees alike.&nbsp; 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