Employment contract advice

[SlimRick]

Hi all,

I've been offered a permanent job at a company I've been contracting at for the last 18 months.
The contract they've given me to sign includes the following paragraph:

[pa_broon74]

It looks fairly standard.

But it would depend on what 'contractual benefits' there are to lose. Also on Point A, to lay you off from work without pay is a worry. So if they decide they don't need you, they can bilk you for salary owed? That seems unfair but is probably standard language.

To me it looks like a standard get out clause if things turn bad, you don't have much in the way of protection for the first 12 months of employment anyway, a company can basically get rid of you without any real problems.


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Didn't catch anything.

[Raffles]

It is fairly common to include such terms in new employment contracts. It's not great but it is probably considerably better than you are entitled to as a contractor................nowt.
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A good loser will always be a loser.

[snomag]

I'm not an expert, but I remember at one of my previous companies, I had to accept such terms. Luckily it went quite the opposite way, as we ended up with way too much stuff to do .