The Employment Contract: Legal Principles, Drafting, and Interpretation

The Employment Contract: Legal Principles, Drafting, and Interpretation provides a detailed analysis of the content of the employment contract. It explains the way in which the general principles of contract law operate in respect of the employment contract, discusses the significance of implied terms in interpreting the employment contract, and includes guidance on the drafting of effective employment contracts. Offering a balance between a reliable guide to the current law and an analysis of how the employment contract might develop, the book will be of equal interest to the practitioner and the academic.

1. Identifying the Contract of Employment ; 2. Continuity of Employment: The Common Law ; 3. Formation of the Contract ; 4. Implied Terms ; 5. Mutual Trust and Confidence ; 6. The Right to Wages ; 7. The Duty of Fidelity ; 8. Restrictive Covenants ; 9. Custom and Practice ; 10. Collective Agreements and Employment Contracts ; 11. Interpretation of Employment Contracts ; 12. Analysis Applied: Drafting of Employment Contracts ; 13. Variation of the Employment Contract