Terms of Employment

The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 provides that an employer must issue their employees with a written statement of terms and conditions relating to their employment within two months of commencing employment.

It must include the following:

• The full names of the employer and the employee
• The address of the employer
• The place of work, or where there is no main place of work, a statement indicating that an employee is required or permitted to work at various places
• Job title or nature of the work
• Date of commencement of employment
• If the contract is temporary, the expected duration of employment
• If the contract is for a fixed-term, the date on which the contract expires
• The rate of pay or method of calculating pay
• Whether pay is weekly, monthly or otherwise
• Terms or conditions relating to hours of work, including overtime
• Terms or conditions relating to paid leave (other than paid sick leave)
• Any terms or conditions relating to incapacity for work due to sickness or injury
• Any terms or conditions relating to pensions and pension schemes
• Periods of notice or method for determining periods of notice
• A reference to any collective agreements which affect the terms of employment

For further information download the Guide to Terms of Employment (Information) Act, 1994 and 2001 and Sample Statement of Terms of Employment

Follow the link to the relevant legislation; The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 and the pre-certifed re-stated legislation 

Complaints in relation to Terms of Employment can be made to Workplace Relations by completing the Single Complaint Form.