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Worker Contract (casual / zero-hours)

Use it when engaging occasional workers with no obligation to offer or accept work.

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  • About 4 pages
  • 13 drafting notes in the margin
  • 9 clauses
  • Word (.docx)
  • England and Wales

What is in it

  1. Definitions and interpretation
  2. Nature of this Contract
  3. Assignments
  4. Pay
  5. Holiday and rest
  6. Sickness and other leave
  7. Confidentiality, data protection and IP
  8. Ending this Contract
  9. General

Plus a schedule of the commercial details and signature blocks where the document needs them.

Read the opening

The first part of the template, as it reads in Word. Blanks are shown as lines; the drafting notes sit in the margin of the file.

WORKER CONTRACT (CASUAL / ZERO-HOURS)

This Worker Contract (the “Contract”) is made on ____________________ between:

(1) ____________________ LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (registration number ____________) whose registered office is at ______________________________________________ (the “Company”); and

(2) ____________________ (☐ company number ____________ / ☐ individual) of ______________________________________________ (the “Worker”).

The Parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions and interpretation

“Assignment”: a period of work offered by the Company and accepted by the Worker, as described in clause 3.

“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England.

“Company Property”: all documents, data, equipment, access credentials and other property belonging to or provided by the Company.

“Confidential Information”: all non-public information about the Company, its customers, suppliers and business that the Worker learns during an Assignment.

How it works

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  2. Open the Word file. Fill in the blanks, pick the options marked with boxes, read each note in the margin.
  3. Delete the notes and the notice box, then sign. Or send it to us for a fixed-fee check first.

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  • Drafted by a solicitor for England and Wales
  • Drafting notes explain every choice
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