Employment Agreement: senior employee
Employment agreement for a senior employee, containing additional terms reflecting the employee’s seniority and which may not be applicable for a junior employee.
Read moreWhen do I use this document?
- as the employment agreement of a senior employee, including an executive director
What are the key features?
- full form employment contract in agreement form
- 34 clauses over 15 pages
- particulars to be provided by the employer as the written statement of particulars of employment under section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996
- additional clauses suitable for a senior employee, including:
- directorship clause
- additional benefits, including car allowance or company car, medical insurance and private health insurance
- garden leave
- intellectual property provisions
- post-termination restrictive covenants
What else do I need to know?
The employment agreement for a senior employee will likely be longer and more sophisticated than an employment contract for a more junior employee. A senior employee’s contract will contain additional terms which may not be applicable for a junior employee, including:
- notice period: a longer notice period to be given to terminate the employment
- probation: no probationary period of employment
- directorship: obligation to act as a company director if required by the company
- bonus: discretionary or contractual bonus entitlement
- benefits: additional benefits, for example company car allowance, medical insurance and permanent health insurance
- intellectual property: provisions regarding the ownership of intellectual property created during the employment
- garden leave: right for the company to put the employee on garden leave during any period of notice
- restrictive covenants: post-termination restrictive covenants from the employee
What other docs are available?
For a form of employment contract for a junior employee, see:
When do I use this document?
- as the employment agreement of a senior employee, including an executive director
What are the key features?
- full form employment contract in agreement form
- 34 clauses over 15 pages
- particulars to be provided by the employer as the written statement of particulars of employment under section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996
- additional clauses suitable for a senior employee, including:
- directorship clause
- additional benefits, including car allowance or company car, medical insurance and private health insurance
- garden leave
- intellectual property provisions
- post-termination restrictive covenants
What else do I need to know?
The employment agreement for a senior employee will likely be longer and more sophisticated than an employment contract for a more junior employee. A senior employee’s contract will contain additional terms which may not be applicable for a junior employee, including:
- notice period: a longer notice period to be given to terminate the employment
- probation: no probationary period of employment
- directorship: obligation to act as a company director if required by the company
- bonus: discretionary or contractual bonus entitlement
- benefits: additional benefits, for example company car allowance, medical insurance and permanent health insurance
- intellectual property: provisions regarding the ownership of intellectual property created during the employment
- garden leave: right for the company to put the employee on garden leave during any period of notice
- restrictive covenants: post-termination restrictive covenants from the employee
What other docs are available?
For a form of employment contract for a junior employee, see:
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