Section 58: What Your Employer Must Tell You in Writing
58.Written particulars
(1)An employee is entitled to receive from his or her employer notice in writing of the following particulars of employment—
(a)the full names and addresses of the parties to the contract of service;
(b)the date on which employment under the contract began, specifying the date from which the employee's period of continuous service for the purposes of this Act shall commence;
(c)the title of the job that the employee is employed to do;
(d)the place where the employee's duties are to be performed;
(e)the wages which the employee is entitled to receive or the means by which they can be calculated, and in either case, the intervals at which they will be paid, and the deductions or other conditions to which they shall be subject;
(f)the rate of any overtime pay applicable to the employee;
(g)the employee's normal hours of work and the shifts or days of the week on which such work is to be performed;
(h)the number of days' annual leave to which the employee is entitled and his or her entitlement to wages during such leave;
(i)the terms or conditions relating to incapacity for work due to sickness or injury, including any provision for sick pay;
(j)the length of notice in excess of that provided by this Act required for lawful termination of the contract by the employer or employee; and
(k)the terms or conditions relating to incapacity for work due to sickness or injury, including any provisions for sick pay.
(2)For any or all of the information required by subsection (1), the employer may, in writing, refer the employee to a document which is reasonably accessible to the employee during working hours at the place of work which contains the relevant information in a form and in a language that the employee can reasonably be expected to understand.
(3)The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be given by the employer to the employee not later than twelve weeks after the date on which employment commences.
(4)Where there has been an agreed change affecting any of the matters referred to in subsection (1), the employer shall issue a written notice to the employee of the change.
(5)An employer shall retain a copy of the written particulars issued under subsection (1), and of any changes in them and shall produce the copy on demand, to a labour officer.
Plain English Summary
You have the right to receive a written notice from your employer within 12 weeks of starting your job. The notice must include important details such...
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