business and administration
Sources of information
You can find useful information about employment rights and responsibilities in many different places!
Some sources of information may be found within an organisation (known as internal sources) while other sources are found outside the organisation (known as external sources).
You can click on the icons below to see some examples.
Internal External
As you can see, there are many sources of high quality information out there. By taking time to explore this information, most people should be able to find out what they need to know.
What a written statement must include
A written statement can be made up of more than one document (if the employer gives employees different sections of their statement at different times). If this does happen, one of the documents (called the ‘principal statement’) must include at least:
the business’s name the employee’s name, job title or a description of work and start date if a previous job counts towards a period of continuous employment, the date the period started how much and how often an employee will get paid hours of work (and if employees will have to work Sundays, nights or overtime holiday entitlement (and if that includes public holidays) where an employee will be working and whether they might have to relocate if an employee works in different places, where these will be and what the employer’s address is
As well as the principal statement, a written statement must also contain information about:
how long a temporary job is expected to last the end date of a fixed-term contract notice periods collective agreements pensions who to go to with a grievance how to complain about how a grievance is handled how to complain about a disciplinary or dismissal decision
What a written statement doesn’t need to include
The written statement doesn’t need to cover the following (but it must say where the information can be found):
sick pay and procedures
disciplinary
You can find useful information about employment rights and responsibilities in many different places!
Some sources of information may be found within an organisation (known as internal sources) while other sources are found outside the organisation (known as external sources).
You can click on the icons below to see some examples.
Internal External
As you can see, there are many sources of high quality information out there. By taking time to explore this information, most people should be able to find out what they need to know.
What a written statement must include
A written statement can be made up of more than one document (if the employer gives employees different sections of their statement at different times). If this does happen, one of the documents (called the ‘principal statement’) must include at least:
the business’s name the employee’s name, job title or a description of work and start date if a previous job counts towards a period of continuous employment, the date the period started how much and how often an employee will get paid hours of work (and if employees will have to work Sundays, nights or overtime holiday entitlement (and if that includes public holidays) where an employee will be working and whether they might have to relocate if an employee works in different places, where these will be and what the employer’s address is
As well as the principal statement, a written statement must also contain information about:
how long a temporary job is expected to last the end date of a fixed-term contract notice periods collective agreements pensions who to go to with a grievance how to complain about how a grievance is handled how to complain about a disciplinary or dismissal decision
What a written statement doesn’t need to include
The written statement doesn’t need to cover the following (but it must say where the information can be found):
sick pay and procedures
disciplinary