These specimen contract of employment (for employees) and contract for services (for self-employed workers) are for your guidance only. They are intended, together with the accompanying notes and additional information, to assist you in drawing up these contracts for your employees and self-employed workers. Your contracts are your responsibility. The AOP will not enter into any action in relation to the use of these specimen contracts. You may wish to seek legal advice on specific terms of your contracts and you should do so if you have any doubts or require any special clauses in your contracts.
Remember also that it is important to take legal advice when taking any action in relation to your contracts, as employees and locums may have legal rights beyond those stated in their contracts.
Copies of these specimen contracts in Word format can be e-mailed to you AOP members. If you would like to receive copies in Word format please contact Steven King (e-mail: stevenking@aop.org.uk or telephone 020-72 07 21 97).
These specimen contracts and accompanying information were updated at the end of 2008.
Stop Press. In February 2009 we added a specimen absence policy (which is referred to in the contract of employmetn) to the documents available on this website. It was initially put on this website on 6 February 2009 and a note was added to it on 9 February 2009, on which date the revised policy replaced the earlier policy on the website.
[9 February 2009.]
