Statutory statement of the core terms of employment that must be given in writing within 5 days of starting work — the strictest such deadline in the EU, under the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 amending the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994.
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DAY 5 STATEMENT OF CORE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT (Section 3, Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994, as inserted by the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018)
Issued by:
To:
This statement sets out the core terms of your employment with (the "Employer"). It is given to you within 5 days of the date your employment begins, as required by section 3 of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994, as amended.
1. PARTIES AND START DATE 1.1. Employer: , . 1.2. Employee: . 1.3. Your employment begins on .
2. NATURE OF CONTRACT 2.1. Your contract is: . 2.2. If fixed-term, the expected duration / end date is: .
3. PAY 3.1. Your rate of pay, or the method used to calculate it, is: . 3.2. Pay reference period: .
4. HOURS OF WORK 4.1. Your expected normal daily working hours: hours. 4.2. Your expected normal weekly working hours: hours.
5. PROBATION 5.1. Probationary period: months. 5.2. Conditions of probation:
6. FURTHER PARTICULARS TO FOLLOW 6.1. This is only the "core terms" statement. The remaining particulars of your employment (place of work, holidays, sick pay, notice periods, training, etc.) will follow in a full written statement within one month of your start date, in accordance with the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 as amended by the EU (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 686 of 2022).
7. YOUR RIGHTS 7.1. Failure to receive this statement on time may entitle you to compensation of up to 4 weeks' remuneration, awarded by the Workplace Relations Commission ("WRC"). A statement that is deliberately false or misleading is a criminal offence under the Act.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Employer ______________ / on behalf of / Employee ______________ / / I confirm receipt of this statement.
This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Employment, health & safety, food safety, and consumer-protection law in Ireland changes frequently (e.g. the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, the EU (Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions) Regulations 2022, and Workplace Relations Commission Codes of Practice) — have this document reviewed and adapted by a solicitor (and, for employment matters, checked against the current WRC Code of Practice at workplacerelations.ie) before use.
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3 of 12 fields are taken from the company, employee or counterparty record, the questionnaire can be dictated to the AI, and the finished document comes with a number, a PDF and an acknowledgement record.