Employment Contract

• Defines the employer-employee relationship, including the terms and conditions of employment.

Job Title

• Designation given to the employee, for example, Accounts Assistant, Secretary and Purchasing Executive.

• Can be used to identify a particular job within  an organisation.

Job Description

• Summary of the essence of the job.

• Gives  the reader a complete and concise account of what is involved in the job. 

• Job duties and responsibilities are the heart of a job description.

Allowances

• Any monetary benefit offered by the employer to its employees for meeting expenditures, over and above the basic salary.

Salary

• Rates of salaries or wages or bonus to be paid are subject to the negotiation between the employee or the trade union representing employees and the employer

• Agreed amounts should be clearly stated in the contract.  For hourly, daily or piece-rated workers, employers should also indicate the basic rate of pay (e.g. $X per hour, day or piece).

Working hours

• Any monetary benefit offered by the employer to its employees for meeting expenditures, over and above the basic salary

Leave entitlement

• All holiday and medical leave entitlements of the employee should be clearly stated.

• An employee is entitled to eleven public holidays with full pay at the gross rate of pay in each year.  The public holidays are gazetted.

Other benefits provided

• Examples are paid vacation, productivity incentive schemes, and healthy life-style incentives.

• Compensation given to employees who are injured or die in the course of their work should be outlined in the contract

Terms of notice

• A contract of employment can be ended by either the employer or the employee after giving due notice with or without giving notice.

• A minimum number of days of notice of termination that must be given before an employee could walk out of the job. 

• This is to give the employer a reasonable time to find a replacement.

Probation period

• An employer may fix a probation period to ascertain the suitability of an employee.