PROPERTY - MANAGE HUMAN RESOURCES

Property - Manage Human Resources

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Property - Manage Human Resources

Introduction

A contract of employment, or employment contract, refers to a bond between an employee and an employer that sets out duties, responsibilities and rights of employment. It also contains contract terms. Contract of employment must be given to employees within 2 months of commencement of job. This contact is formulated as soon as employee accepts the job offer. If an employee start working, it is assumed that employee accept the terms of employer even though he did not aware of such terms. This agreement helps in managing disputes between employer and employee, as employee knows about his rights and limitations. This agreement bound both employer and employee until the terms changed or tenure ends.

Discussion

The key areas and main conditions in the contract of employment includes the details about Term, extension, duties and authorities, outside business activities, reasonable time and effort, conflict of interest and other limitations, evaluation, salary, expenses, vacation, sick leave, benefits, confidential information, ownership, use of employee's name and image, extension, death, disability, and termination, indemnification, notices, severability and assignment, cooperation with regards to litigation, no waiver, governing law, no third party beneficiaries, entire agreement, headings, amendments, counterparts, personnel policies, general provisions and miscellaneous (Vettori, 2007: 53-132).

The major issues that are missing in the contract of employment are salary negotiation, meal interval duration, work on Sundays and Public holidays, medical facilities, and smoking/ alcoholism in the workplace. In contract of employment, it must be listed that when, why and the frequency of salary will be negotiated. Similarly, employer must clarify the concern of employee regarding issue of holidays, particularly about public holidays or Sundays. For instance, Sunday will be compulsory or will not be compulsory and similarly New Year, Christmas, Good Friday, Human Rights Day, and Worker's Day.

The vagueness and lack of clarity in the employment contract is mainly because of clear language. The language in the contract is not clear to some extent. The purpose of the employment contract is to convey the terms of the contract to the employee. Therefore, it is essential to use simplified language in order to provide clarity of intent or purpose. However, there is no clause that stands unusual (Brodie, 2005: 18-230).

The first and foremost change is the language of the employment contract, as it makes the contract of employment complex. As a result, a number of misunderstandings and dispute arises; hence, it is significant to use simple business language to avoid conflicts. The contract must address the issue of holiday in more detail, such as hours of work, sick pay, rostering, breaks and pension scheme. In addition, the employment contract must address the behavioural expectations from the employee. For instance, the information regarding culture, norms and values the organization follows must be briefly addressed. Contract of employment must address the expected behaviour from the employee, detail information of routines and actions, and information about corporate rules if the ...