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Employment Contract (Full Time)

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Employer Details

*What is your Company's/Business Name?

e.g. LawLive Pty Ltd

Ensure that you put your office registered address, and not your mailing address.

*What is the registered office address of the Business/Company?

Employee Details

*Do you know on what date will the employment commence?

Yes No

*Please enter date of commencement of employment:

*Is the Employment for a fixed term?

Yes No

*Please specify the fixed term

eg. 10 months

*What is the Employee's Full Name?

*What is the Employee's address?

*What position/job title will the employee be fulfilling?

e.g. Receptionist

Some positions are of a kind where the duties and responsibilities are obvious from the title of the position. There are some positions where it would be wise for you to list any specific duties. If so, you can list those duties and responsibilities here.

*Do you wish to enter a list of the Employee's duties and responsibilities?

Yes No

Employee Duties & Responsibilities
*Enter a Duty or Responsibility for the employee:
Remove

On commencement of work

*Do you wish to specify what date must the Employee report to work?

Yes No

Please specify date:

*What time must the Employee report to work?

*What address must the employee report to on the first day of work?

*Who will the Employee report to on the first day of his/her employment?

e.g. John Smith

*What is the position of the person the Employee reports to?

e.g. HR Manager

WARNING: The employee must be provided with a meal break of at least 30 minutes every 5 hours.

*How long will the Employee be allowed to take a meal break for?

minutes

*During an ordinary week, how many hours will the Employee be required to work on each day?

e.g. eight (8)

*During an ordinary week, how many days will the Employee be required to work?

e.g. five (5)

*What is the maximum hours per week the Employee is required to work?

e.g. forty-five (45)

A salary is a yearly amount of income which will be paid to an employee. A wage is normally calculated with reference to an hourly rate of pay.

*Will the Employee be paid a 'salary' or a 'wage'?

salary wage

*How much will the Employee be paid including tax?

*Will the Employee recieve any bonus/commission?

Yes No

If so please specify:

plus a commission of

*How often will the Employee be paid?

*How often will the Employee's remuneration be reviewed?

every 3 months half yearly annually

If you wish to enter into a Salary Sacrificing Arrangement a separate Salary Sacrificing Agreement will be required along with the insertion of this clause.

*Do you wish to include a clause allowing the Employee to enter into a Salary Sacrificing Arrangement?

Yes No

Optional Clauses

By using this clause the employer will endeavour to be protected from an employee working for competitors for a set period of time after the employee ceases to work for the company. Please note that a restraint clause may be ineffective if it is too wide or if it bears little or no relation to the time the employee worked for the company, and it may be appropriate to obtain legal advice.

*Does the Company wish to restrain the Employee from working for any competitor after his/her employment with the Company ceases?

Yes No

If so for what period of time?

Within how many kilometres of the Employer's place of business?

kilometres

It is a good idea to have a Handbook which includes full details of the additional documentary requirements for personal leave. The template Employee Handbook in the Employment Pack includes a number of sample policies and/or procedures, including those relating to personal leave.

For your convenience the LAWLIVE website provides an Employee Handbook.

If you are going to purchase an Employee Handbook in the future it is a good idea to answer this question with a "Yes".

*Does the Company have an Employee Handbook or a similar document setting out policies and/or procedures for the workplace?

Yes No

*Will the Employee have access to the Company's computers?

Yes No

There is a 'Computer Policy' contained in the Employee Handbook found on this site, or is also available separately.

Does the Company have a Computer Policy?

Yes No

This clause prohibits your employee from using any information which the Employee acquires in the course of his/her employment in any manner which may reasonably be expected to cause injury or loss or be calculated to injure or cause loss to the Company.

*Will the Employee have access to any of the Company's confidential information?

Yes No

The Employee may be required as a pre-condition to reimbursement to provide the Company with invoices or receipts for such expenses.

*Do you wish to indicate in this Agreement that the Employee will be reimbursed for approved expenses incurred during the course of employment?

Yes No

*Do you wish to indicate in this agreement that unpaid leave can be taken by the Employee at the Company's discretion?

Yes No

*Do you require an over time rate?

Yes No

For example, "time and one half for the first 2 hours" and "double time thereafter"

If so what will the penalty rate be?

*Will the Employee be paid penalty rates for working on public holidays?

Yes No

*If the Employee is required to attend jury service, will he/she be paid the difference between any amount he/she is paid in relation to that service and his/her normal weekly income?

Yes No

*How many weeks Annual Leave is the Employee entitiled to per year?

eg. four (4)

*How many days Personal Leave is the Employee entitled to per year?

eg. three (3)

*Will the Employee be entitled to redundancy pay in the event that his/her position is made redundant?

Yes No

*Do you wish to indicate that that the Employee must return all Company property upon termination of their employment?

Yes No

*Would you like to specifiy any specific equipment that must be returned upon termination?

Yes No

*Please specify the equipment:

*Will there be an interpreter present at the signing of this agreement?

Yes No