As Principal Consultant at HR Response I've been dealing with a number of different issues since I last wrote, one of which was a particularly awkward individual (employee) who's contract of employment was eventually terminated - and not a moment too soon!! Talking of which I'm just preparing a presentation for tomorrow as I'm giving a talk on implementing Contracts of Employment. Whilst writing the presentation it struck me that actually there's rather a lot for the employer to remember to put in - and as a reverse of that, remember to leave out. I read a Contract only last week which the employer had put together. It was very thorough - if a little too thorough. The thing is, a Contract is a Contract, signed (hopefully) by employer and employee. It is just as easy sometimes for the employer to breach their own Contract (which doesn't go down too well at Tribunals) as it is for the employee. So, to avoid the pitfalls its probably best to have a Contract professionally written.
