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1 YEAR CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT


Between: Name (the ‘Employer’)
123 Anywhere

And: Name (Employee’)
456 Anyplace

Starting date of the Employee
Employment Start Date: Specific Day

Job title and description
The Employee’s job title is: Landscaper
The work involves all aspects of hard and soft landscaping including mixing cement, laying paving, wall construction, drainage installation, pond and water feature construction, fencing, turfing and planting. Each employee is responsible for ensuring that their work is carried out efficiently, skillfully and on time complying with Health and Safety regulations.
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Address of the workplace
The Employee will work in various locations through the greater Glasgow area and Scotland. Te employee may be asked to carry out work that requires short periods away from home and this will be voluntary.

Salary
The Employee’s salary is £16,640 per annum. Payments are weekly by BACS directly in to the Employees bank account. The rate of pay will be reviewed periodically.

Hours of work
The Employee’s working week will consist of 40 hours not including the lunch break, but including two 15 min tea breaks. The hours are from Monday to Thursday 8 am to 5pm, and 8am to 3.30pm on Fridays. The lunch break is 30 minutes: timing to be agreed with immediate supervisor. From time to time, the Employee may be asked to work outside of the contracted hours. An hourly rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate will be paid.

Holiday entitlement
The Employee is entitled to 25 days paid holiday per annum including public holidays. Holiday entitlement will be reviewed annually with a view to the minimum number of days increasing for all employees.

Sickness entitlement
Statutory Sick Pay will be paid if the Employee is sick for a period of over 4 days in a row and illness must be confirmed by a doctor’s letter. There is no payment for the first three days of sickness.

Pension
The option of a Stakeholder pension scheme is provided for all employees. Details are available from the Employer


Grievance procedure
The Employee must report any grievance directly to the Employer.

Disciplinary procedure
Where the Employer believes that the Employee has acted in an unfit way in the course of carrying out their duty, or the Employee brings the Employers business in to disrepute, the Employee will face a disciplinary inquiry.

If the Employee is found to have committed misconduct, there is the option of a verbal warning or a written warning depending on the severity of the misconduct. After two written warnings the Employer has the option of dismissal.

For more serious misconduct, the Employer has the option of a verbal warning (in writing), a written warning, a final written warning, or instant dismissal. The Employer also has the option to suspend the Employee where the Employer needs to make an inquiry into the misconduct.


Notice periods required from both the Employee and the Employer
The minimum notice periods are as follows:

Time in Employment Minimum Notice

Under 1 month No Notice
Over 1 month 1 Week
2 years’ service 2 Weeks
3 to 12 years’ service One week for each year to a maximum of 12 Weeks.

The Employee must send a copy of their notice to the company’s address.

The Employer will send a copy of the notice to the Employees address.

In the case of the Employee being dismissed for serious misconduct, the Employer will decide if any notice period will be applied and/or worked.

Restrictions on employees taking second jobs
For any other job undertaken outside work hours the prior permission of the employer is required. Permission will be refused if the second job competes with the employee's first job or would be detrimental to their first job.

Use of protective clothing & equipment
Clothing and equipment is supplied by the Employer which complies with health & safety regulations. Failure of the Employee to wear such equipment as directed will lead to disciplinary action or summary dismissal (if a serious breach).






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By signing this contract the employee_agrees, to waive their rights to make a complaint of unfair dismissal, _either on completion of the one year contract or before the contract expires.

I agree to the above terms and confirm I have received a copy of this Contract.


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Name

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Boss #1
Boss#2

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