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contract of employment

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noun

  1. a written agreement between an employer and an employee, that, taken together with the rights of each under statute and common law, determines the employment relations between them

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He also submitted a false contract of employment for £28,000 on behalf of a man he pretended had worked as a constituency support officer, taking the total value of the fraud was £52,000.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2023

"The decision has been taken due to violations of his duty of loyalty and material breach of other personal obligations under his contract of employment," Generali said in a statement.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022

McLean Credit Union, 1989, it declared that although the 1866 law does prohibit racial discrimination in a contract of employment, any on-the-job discrimination should be handled in accord with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

SPL rules directly point to a "written contract of employment" in relation to punishment for tapping up.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2010

But they purport to record the terms of the contract of employment, and the principal may treat himself as bound by their provisions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various