By Anna Jordan on Small Business – Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Setting out a zero hours contract template can be more complicated than a standard employment contract.
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You must clearly state that it’s a zero hours job and the contract should clearly outline their status and rights. How it operates and what the termination process looks like.
Note that, as of April 6, the right to written terms and conditions extends to workers – this includes zero hours workers. Employers must include terms relating to hours and days of work and how those may be varied.
>See also: Zero hours contract rights
Below are some areas to focus on and some example phrases that you might want to use when drafting your own zero hours contracts. It’s a wise idea to seek additional advice from an employment lawyer. For more on creating general employment contracts, check out What should you include in an employment contract?
Type of work
This is where you state what kind of contract the person is on – in this case, whether they’re a zero hours worker or a zero hours employee.
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