MARGARET BARNARD PLAYGROUP

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYMENT

Employers are required to give all employees, except those taken on for less than a month, a written statement of their main terms and conditions of employment.

What information must the written statement include?

• the names of the employer and the employee
• the date when the employment (and, if different, the period of-the continuous employment) began
• wages or salary, and the intervals at which they are paid
• hours of work
• holiday entitlement
• entitlement to sick leave and sick pay
• pensions entitlement
• entitlement of the employer and employee to notice of termination
• job title or brief job description
• the period for which the employment is expected to continue where it is not permanent, or a date when it is to end a fixed term
• place of work
• existence of any collective agreements that directly affects the employee's terms and conditions

The statement must also include a note:-

• giving details of the employer's disciplinary rules and grievance procedures,
  although employers with fewer than twenty employees need only to give the
  contact name for raising a grievance

and

• stating whether or not a pensions' contracting out certificate is in force for the employment in question

What if there is no information to be given under one of the required headings?

• if there is no information to be givens for example if the employee has no pension entitlement, then the written statement must say so

When must the written statement be given?

• Within two months of taking on the employee

What if changes are made to the terms and conditions covered in the statement?

• The employee must be given a written statement of any changes. as soon as possible and no later than a month, after they are made.
  

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