Employment Contract | UK

Are you concerned that employees may steal your proprietary business data and intellectual property? Protect your legal rights by having them sign this Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement.

• This type of agreement is often used by companies involved in research and development.
• The employee agrees to keep all of the employer's sensitive proprietary information strictly confidential.
• Any inventions, discoveries, improvements or products developed by the employee during the term of employment shall be the sole property of the employer, and the employee assigns all rights and interest to the employer.
• The employee agrees to indemnify the employer against all claims or damages arising out of a breach or misrepresentation by the employee.
• If the employee breaches the Agreement, the employer's remedies against the employee shall include injunctive relief.
• The employee covenants not to compete with the business of the employer, and not to hire or solicit any of the employer's staff either during the course of employment and for an agreed period of time afterwards.

Statistics show that roughly half of all employees have stolen or have contemplated stealing business information from an employer. That's why your business needs this Employee Confidentiality Agreement and Proprietary Rights Assignment. Buy your copy today.

This ready-made Employee Manual is a comprehensive template of policies and procedures you can use for your company.

The Manual covers all of the general topics related to employment matters including:

• expectations of both the employer and the employee with respect to job performance,
• benefits packages,
• vacation, holidays and paid leave,
• personnel administration,
• performance review process,
• insurance coverage (medical, long-term disability, etc),
• profit sharing and incentive programs,
• professional code of conduct,
• company meetings.

This Employee Manual template is a fully customizable MS Word document.

Download this ready-made Employee Redundancy Notice for UK employers.

• The letter sets out the effective date of termination and the reasons for the redundancy of the employee's position.
• The amounts of the redundancy benefits to be paid to the employee are listed.
• This form is easy to download, fill in, and print. Fully editable to fit your exact needs.
• Intended to be used only in the United Kingdom.

UK employers, use this free template to prepare a Notice of Layoff and Guarantee Payments for an employee being laid off from your company.

• The template is a letter format for MS Word.
• Intended for use only within the United Kingdom.

Notify one of your workers of the decision made by a grievance committee with this free Notice to Employee form for UK employers.

• The employee must be given notice of the grievance committee's decision following an investigation made in connection with a grievance filed by the employee.
• This free form is available as a downloadable MS Word file.
• Intended for use only in the United Kingdom.

Give your employees the choice of opting out of the Working Time Regulations 1998 with this ready-made Opt-Out Agreement template.

• The employee chooses to opt out of the Regulations which limit working hours to an average of 48 hours each week.
• The employee agrees that Regulation 4(1) will not apply to his/her contract of employment.
• The employee may terminate the agreement at any time on 3 months' notice, which will not affect the employee's contract of employment.
• The Working Time Regulations Opt-Out Agreement is a downloadable digital template which can be used throughout the United Kingdom.