Full List Of Clauses
If you're a growing business about to take on its first employee, or if you've just been offered a position and want to know if the agreement is right for you, this guide to individual employment agreements
can help you understand what you need to know.
Below you'll find a complete list of sections, subsections and clauses that you may find in a standard individual employment agreement. Click on any of them to see a list of possible clauses in that section.
To see the new Restructuring clauses with explanations of when they're needed - select section 12
See the
list of clauses
which must appear in a legal agreement.
Contains: Employer & EmployeeContains: Position, Duties, Reporting, Performance Objectives, Performance Reviews, SecondmentContains: Type of Agreement, Probation, Trial PeriodContains: Employer's Obligations, Employee's ObligationsContains: Place of WorkContains: Working Hours, Lunch and Other Meal Breaks, Tea Breaks, Variation of Working HoursContains: Types of Pay, Commission, Bonuses, Service Payment, Skills Payment, Review, Allowance (1), Allowance (2), Allowance (3), Penal Rates, Overtime, Reimbursement of Expenses, Reimbursement of Travel ExpensesContains: Annual Leave, Holiday Pay for Genuinely Casual Employees, Holiday Pay for Employees on Genuine Fixed Term Agreements, Public Holidays, On-call on Public Holiday on Normal Working Day, On-call on Public Holiday not on Normal Working Day, Sick Leave, When Medical Certificate Required, Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Unpaid Leave, Annual Closedown, Jury Duty, Volunteers Employment ProtectionContains: Superannuation, Kiwisaver, Medical Insurance, Reimbursement for Flu Shots, Gym Membership, Reimbursement for Eye Test, Use of Mobile Phone, Use of Car Park, Use of a Car, Study Entitlements, Personal Development, Indemnity, Subsidised Child Care, BreastfeedingContains: General Obligations, Policies, VDU and Work Station, Chemical Use, Lifting, Drug Testing, EAP Assistance, Counselling Assistance, Medical ExaminationContains: Confidential Information, Copyrights, Conflicts of Interest, Use of Internet and E-mail, Privacy Obligations, Restraint of Trade - Non-Competition, Restraint of Trade - Non-Solicitation of Clients, Restraint of Trade - Non-Solicitation of Employees, Restraint of Trade - SeverabilityContains: Rights in contracting out situations, Restructuring due to transfer, Negotiations with new employer, No transfer or employment, Definition, Redundancy Process, Notice of termination due to redundancy, Redundancy compensation, Technical redundancyContains: Termination of Trial Period, General Clause, Termination for Serious Misconduct, Suspension, Termination on Medical Grounds, Abandonment of Employment, Employee's ObligationsContains: Resolving Employment Relationship ProblemsContains: Variation of Agreement, Non-assignment by Employee, Entire Agreement, Severability, Deductions from Pay, Employee AcknowledgementContains: Declaration
