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Appointment and Duration


1.1 The Company shall employ the Employee and the Employee shall work
for the Company under the terms of this agreement.

1.2 The Employment shall commence on DATE  and shall continue (subject
always to the terms of this agreement) until terminated by either party serving
notice in accordance with the provisions set out below.

1.3 The first DATE  months of the Employment shall be a probationary period
and the Company may terminate the Employment at any time during this
period on  X  weeks’ notice.

2. Duties

2.1 The Employee shall be employed as  JOB TITLE  or such other role as the
Company may require from time to time having regard to the needs of the
business and the Employee’s skills, qualifications and experience.

2.2 Details of the Employee’s duties will be communicated upon


commencement of employment. The Company reserves the right to vary the
Employee’s duties from time to time as may be required by the business.

3. Place and hours of work

3.1 The Employee’s ordinary place of work will primarily be  LOCATION  but a
different location may occur from time to time.

3.2 The Employee’s normal hours of work shall be  TIME  to  TIME  from
Monday to Friday.

3.3 The Employee may from time to time be required to work such additional
hours as are necessary for the proper performance of his duties. The
Employee acknowledges that he/she shall not receive any additional
remuneration for any such additional hours worked by him.

4. Salary

4.1 The Employee shall be paid a basic salary of  AMOUNT  per month.
Payment will be made in arrears in equal monthly instalments and shall
accrue from day to day. The salary will be paid out to the Employee on
the  E.G. FIRST BANK DAY OF A NEW MONTH .

4.2 The Employee acknowledges that the Company may at any time deduct
from his basic salary, or such other amounts as may be owed to the
Employee, any sums that may be owed by the Employee to the Company
including, but not limited to, overpayment of annual leave, unauthorised
expenses and outstanding loans.

5. Holiday

5.1 The holiday year runs from  DATE TO DATE .

5.2 The Employee is entitled to  NUMBER  days holiday in any holiday year.
In addition, the Employee will be entitled to the usual bank and public holidays
as are recognised in  COUNTRY .

5.3 The Employee may not, without the prior written consent of the Company
carry forward more than  NUMBER  days holiday from one holiday year to the
next.

6. Sickness or injury
6.1 In the event that the Employee is absent from work due to sickness or
injury, he will inform his supervisor as soon as possible and will provide
regular updates as to his recovery, and as far as practicable will inform his
supervisor of his expected date of return to work.

6.2 If the Employee is absent from work due to sickness or injury for more
than seven consecutive days the Employee must obtain a medical certificate
from his doctor and submit it to his supervisor.

6.3 For any period of absence due to sickness or injury the Employee will be
paid statutory sick pay only, provided that he satisfies the relevant
requirements. The Employee’s qualifying days for statutory sick pay purposes
are Monday to Friday.

7. Confidential Information
7.1 The Employee acknowledges that during the Employment he shall have
access to and use of confidential information.

7.2 The Employee agrees that he will not (other than in the proper course of
his duties under this agreement), either during the employment or at any time
thereafter (unless authorised to do so by the Company in writing) directly or
indirectly (i) use for his own benefit or the benefit of any third party or (ii)
disclose or permit the disclosure of any Confidential Information.

7.3 The Employee agrees that he will at all times use his best endeavours to
protect the confidential information and prevent the unlawful disclosure or
publication of it.

7.4 The restrictions on the Employee’s use of Confidential Information shall


not apply to:

Confidential information which comes into the public domain other than in
consequence of his unlawful disclosure;

any information which the Employee has acquired other than through the
performance of his duties for the Company; or any information which is
required to be disclosed by the Employee by order of a court of competent
jurisdiction or an appropriate regulatory authority or otherwise required by law.

8. Conflict of interest
8.1 During the Employment the Employee shall not undertake any paid or
unpaid work for any other company, firm or organisation without the written
approval of the Company.

9. Termination of employment
9.1 Subject to the following, the Company may terminate the Employment by
giving to the Employee NUMBER  months’ written notice.

9.2 Subject to the following, the Employee may terminate the Employment by
giving to the Company  NUMBER  months’ written notice.

9.3 The Company reserves the right, at its discretion, to terminate the
Employment immediately without giving the period of notice referred to above
by paying to the Employee his basic salary (fewer deductions of tax and
national insurance) in lieu of all or part of his notice period as the case may
be. Such payment in lieu of notice shall not include any element in relation to
any holiday entitlement that the Employee would have accrued had he worked
the full period of notice.

10. Company Policies


10.1 The Employee is subject to the Company’s disciplinary and grievance
policies, copies of which can be obtained from  INSERT.  The disciplinary and
grievance policies are not contractual in effect and do not form part of the
Employee’s contract of employment.

10.2 The Company may suspend the Employee for a period of up


to  INSERT  weeks for the purposes of carrying out a disciplinary investigation
into any allegations that might be raised against him. During such period of
suspension, the Employee will receive his usual pay and benefits.

11. Collective Agreements


11.1 There are no collective agreements which affect the Employment.

12. Entire Agreement


12.1 The Employee and the Company acknowledge and agree that the
provisions of this agreement set out the entire agreement and understanding
between them and that it supersedes all prior discussions, arrangements or
agreements that might have taken place in relation to the Employment.

13. Amendments
13.1 No amendments to this agreement shall be valid or binding upon the
parties unless it is recorded in writing and signed by or on behalf of the
parties.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction


14.1 This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of  COUNTRY .

14.2 Each of the parties irrevocably submits for all purposes in connection
with this agreement to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of  INSERT

COURTS .

15. Other terms

15.1  INSERT ANY OTHER TERMS

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