Core terms
- Parties, job title, duties and reporting line.
- Commencement date and any probationary arrangement.
- Remuneration, benefits and payment timing.
- Hours of work and place of work.
- Leave entitlements.
- Confidentiality and, where appropriate, intellectual property.
- Notice and termination provisions.
- Reference to applicable policies and procedures.
Frequent problems
- No written contract at all, or one issued months after engagement.
- Job descriptions that no longer reflect what the employee actually does.
- Benefits promised verbally but never documented.
- Policies referred to in the contract but never given to the employee.