When looking at employment contracts you must pay keen
attention to the following clauses
1.
Termination terms.
It is important to know what circumstances
or behavior can lead to your termination. It is important to understand how
much notice your employer should give you before he or she can terminate your
contract and if there is an option to pay compensation in lieu of notice.
It is also important for the employee to
know about retirement age and what benefits he gets after retirement. The
employee should also read into resignation and determine if there are any
benefits available to one who retires.
2.
Obligations clause.
This is very important because most
employers carry out performance reviews and these reviews should be based on
your employment obligations. So knowing your scope of work or obligations helps
you know if you have been wrongly reviewed.
3.
Confidentiality clause,
This clause is to ensure that all or
certain the information of the employer are kept confidential and are not
disclosed to any third party, breach of this clause can lead to automatic
dismissal of the employee and can lead to him being sued.
4.
Leave policy
This will help the employee determine how
he or she can plan his or her year basing on the employer’s leave policy. This
is also good to inform the employee whether his leave will be paid or not.
5.
Non-compete
clause
This clause prevents the employee from
starting up a rival or competing business to that of the employer and also
prevents an employee from working for a competing company or organization
6.
Benefits
It is also important for the employee to
know which kind of benefits he will be getting during and after his employment
like health insurance. Allowances, pension if any, NSSF etc
To fully understand the terms and
conditions of the employee’s employment he or she should also look at the Human
resource manual since most employers refer to the Human Resource manual in the
employment contract
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