A contract of employment can be a written document, a verbal agreement, or a mixture of the two. Even where the employer and employee have agreed express terms, certain terms are always implied into every contract of employment. Understanding the full effect of the contract of employment is important because it forms the basis of many of the legal rights and obligations which govern the employment relationship.
Even where the employer and employee have agreed express terms, certain terms are always implied into every contract of employment. Understanding the full effect of the contract of employment at the outset of the relationship is important because it forms the basis of many of the legal rights and obligations which govern the employment relationship.