TYPICAL CONTRACTS:
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The important things to remember are:
- Everybody should be working on a contract
- That contract will usually be a contact for services or as a supplier
- Your contract may be directly with an employer or with an employment agency
- The UK has many employment laws for your protection, and these will be woven into any legal contract for the purpose of information but a contract cannot take away any legal rights that you have
- Your contract should be something you understand, and if you don't understand it you must be given a translation (in print) or interpretation (explanation in your own language) of what it means
- Even if you have no contract, you still have legal rights and protections. And you even have legal rights and protections if you are not entitled to work
- You should be given a copy of your contract to keep. Make sure that you keep it safe!
- The sample contract we have provided is typical of those used by employment agencies
- The contract is not just a promise of what an employer will give you, but a promise of what you must give in return!
- If your employer breaks the contract then you can take action, through the courts or a 3rd party arbitration service, to settle the problem fairly
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