Employment Contract Help (willing to pay)

[jimbob11]

Hi, I currenty have new employees, we are a computer service business and I have found that the lads are doing jobs on the side, customers approaching them out side of my shop or work.

I need a contract of employment made so that i can be covered regarding this. Either they stop the work or leave.

IS this possible to do and is anyone willing to create this for me to protect my ideas & business....

Thanks for your time guys
Lee

 

[Employment Law Clinic]

Hi Jimbob,

You need contracts of employment (the basic details anyway - a statement of particulars) in place for all staff, and these should be issued within two months of the staff commencing.

Assuming you haven't got anything in place yet, I can help out with these.

For the practices of your staff, either way you'd be needing to take disciplinary action at some stage, and this would be the area you need to give most attention to in a contract - to ensure doing work privately is a disciplinary offence that could lead to dismissal.

Please feel free to PM, and I'll discuss what I could do for you.


Karl Limpert

 

[sjbeale]

Please email me at [email protected] for an employment contract template or see website www.sjbealehrconsult.co.uk where you can purchase one that is legally compliant.

Sandra Beale FCIPD

 

[yorkshirejames]

Hi, I currenty have new employees, we are a computer service business and I have found that the lads are doing jobs on the side, customers approaching them out side of my shop or work.

I need a contract of employment made so that i can be covered regarding this. Either they stop the work or leave.

IS this possible to do and is anyone willing to create this for me to protect my ideas & business....

Thanks for your time guys
Lee

Just to be clear, are you saying they are doing 'on the side' jobs for your own customers, or for their own people they meet entirely independently of you (the classic 'bloke down the pub')?

 

[logicfusion]

I'm pretty sure there is an implied term of trust from your employees towards yourself as an employer as far as the courts are concerned.

The previous advice about getting terms in the contracts sounds very sensible indeed.

 

[Employment Law Clinic]

Just to be clear, are you saying they are doing 'on the side' jobs for your own customers, or for their own people they meet entirely independently of you (the classic 'bloke down the pub')?

This question from James is an important issue.

I'm pretty sure there is an implied term of trust from your employees towards yourself as an employer as far as the courts are concerned.

If they're simply doing jobs for the bloke down the pub in their own time & with their own equipment, it could be a condition of employment that they don't do any work that competes with the business or potentially harms its trade. If, however, they're saying to customers that call to the shop "see me in the pub next door after work and I'll fix the computer £50 cheaper", this would always be misconduct - the implied trust that UpNorth refers to.

Template employment contracts & disciplinary policies are available free, Business Link and ACAS being useful resources, but these won't cover all the nuances particular to every business (you'd have a hard time telling a chef that they can never cook outside of work even though this could take custom away from a restaurant), which is why it can be better to have these clauses drawn up specific for each case.


Karl Limpert

 

[ccp consultancy]

Hi Lee:

If you would like any assistance in this matter - please PM me and I can help you - do you have contracts in place at the moment. I offer a full HR support to small businesses
Regards
Clare