Where an employee begins employment with an employer, the employer shall give to the employee a written statement of particulars of employment.

This statement has to be provided within two months of the beginning of employment.

The statement needs to contain certain minimum information namely:-

• The names of the employer and employee,
• The date when the employment began, and
• The date on which the employee’s period of continuous employment began (taking into account any employment with a previous employer which counts towards that period).
• The scale or rate of remuneration or the method of calculating remuneration.
• The intervals at which remuneration is paid (that is, weekly, monthly or other specified intervals).
• Any other terms and conditions relating to hours of work (including a terms and conditions relating to normal working hours).
• Any terms and conditions relating to the following:- (1) entitlement to holidays, including public holidays, and holiday pay (the particulars given being sufficient to enable the employee’s entitlement, including any entitlement to accrued holiday pay on the termination of employment to be precisely calculated),
• Incapacity for work due to sickness or injury, including any provision for sick and pay, and
• Pension and pension schemes.
• The length of notice which the employee is obliged to give and entitled to receive to terminate his contract of employment,
• The title of the job which the employee is employed to do or a brief description of the work for which he is employed.
• Where the employment is not intended to be permanent, the period for which it is expected to continue or, if it is for a fixed term, the date is to end.
• Either the place of work or, where the employee is required or permitted to work at various places, an indication of that and of the address of the employer.
• The above is minimum a contract should contain but most contracts would have other provisions specific to your employment.