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Employment contract

Meaning in human resources, with examples

nounCore term

In human resources, employment contract means: A legal agreement between an employer and an employee that sets out the job, pay, working hours, holidays and other terms of work.

In Turkish: iş sözleşmesi, iş akdi

How it is used

Also called a contract of employment, especially in the UK. People sign, issue, breach or terminate a contract. Terms and conditions (Ts and Cs) means everything the contract covers.

Example sentences

  1. Please read your employment contract carefully and return a signed copy by Friday.

  2. Any change to your working hours has to be agreed in writing because it changes your employment contract.

Common collocations

  • sign an employment contract
  • terms of the employment contract
  • breach of contract
  • terminate an employment contract
  • permanent contractAn employment contract with no end date, which continues until the employee leaves or the employer ends it for a lawful reason.
  • fixed-term contractAn employment contract that ends on a set date or when a specific project or task is finished, for example to cover someone's maternity leave.
  • job offerA formal message from an employer telling a candidate that they have got the job, with the main terms such as pay, start date and job title.
  • employee handbookA document that explains a company's rules, policies and procedures for employees, such as leave, behaviour, IT use and complaints.

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