Written Statement of Terms and Conditions - Employee's rights strengthened

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6 December 2007

The existing right of employees to receive a written statement from their employer setting out their terms and conditions has been strengthened from 1 December 2007.

Employers already have a legal duty to provide employees (including part-time employees) with a written statement within 4 weeks of their commencing employment and to inform them of any changes in the relevant terms, also within 4 weeks. From 1 December employees who have not been issued with particulars and who have made a written request to their employer for the missing particulars which the employer has not dealt with within 2 weeks, stand to be awarded between 2 and 4 weeks' pay by the Employment Tribunal.

In addition, the Tribunal will also order the employer to pay the same amount where an employee makes a complaint to the Employment Tribunal about some other matter, such as an unlawful deduction from wages or unfair dismissal, where the employer was in breach of his duty to have issued a written statement at the time the Tribunal proceedings were begun.

An employer who has not issued a statement may also be prosecuted by the DTI, the maximum fine being £2,500.

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