Section 230(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 defines the employment agreement as contract of service or apprenticeship. The line of demarcation between contract of service and contract for service is that: Contract of service: An employer – employee contract is called contract of service. Contract for service: A contractor – client contract is called contract for service. Employment agreement is made between employee and employer which contain their employment rights, duties and responsibilities. Employee [...]

The contract of service is also called employment contract. A service agreement is made between employee and employer which contain their employment rights, duties and responsibilities. Employee is entitled to avail all statutory rights that are attributed to employee in absence of written contract of service between employer and employee. It is the legal obligation of employer to provide written terms of employment to employee within two months of the starting work. The employer and [...]

The Agency Workers Regulations will come into force on 1 October 2011. From 1 October 2011, agency workers will be entitled to certain new employment rights and information on these rights. The Agency Workers Regulations will give the agency workers an entitlement to the same basic employment and working condition as if they had been recruiting directly. Under the new rules agency workers will be entitled to use workplace facilities and get information on job [...]

The basic position is that with a few necessary exceptions Equality Act 2010 s.60 makes it inappropriate for an employer to ask a job applicant any health related questions before offering work to the job applicant. Merely asking questions about the job applicant’s health is not unlawful disability discrimination but anything the employer does in reliance on information given in response to such questions may be. While merely asking the question is not disability discrimination [...]

Contract for service means contract for a job by self employed person. While he or she may hire others to carry out (or help) in the work, he or she is solely responsible for the satisfactory completion of the job. Contract for service governs and regulates the relationship between contractor and client. There is no statutory definition of contract for service .In order to determine the nature of contract for service, it is necessary to [...]

”At the end of a recent rowdy annual meeting of shareholders for a public listed company, an alderly woman turned to me and said ”This board of directors is like a group of badly behaved teenage boys in their mid-60s.” Understandably, she was perplexed. When visiting a lawyer, medical practitioner, architect, the expectation is that the person sitting opposite is thoroughly trained and has satisfied the full requirements of an esteemed professional body. Company directors [...]

Your “Terms and Conditions” document is the contract between you and your customer for your supply of goods or services. The same document may also be called “Terms”, “Terms of sale”, “Sale Contract”, “Business Terms” and many other variations. Where it is referred to in these terms it is generally offered to clients or customer on a “take-it-or-leave-it” basis. Related resources: business terms and conditions | employment Agency terms and conditions | terms and condition [...]