E-sceal 552 - Recruitment – The ‘5 Day Statement’
- Published: 04 April 2019
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 was commenced on 4 March 2019. Schools are now required to provide a basic statement of employment details to employees within 5 days of such commencement in the absence of a contract of employment. In essence this will be in situations where substitute cover is required. A failure to provide such a statement for someone who has worked in excess of 4 weeks gives them a right to take a complaint to the WRC.
“The Day 5” statement”
The Board of Management must notify the employee in writing, within five days of commencement of employment, of the following core terms of employment:
- the full names of the employer and the employee
- the address of the employer
- the expected duration of the contract, in the case of a temporary contract, or the end date if the contract is a fixed-term contract
- the rate or method for calculation of the employee’s pay
- the number of hours the employer reasonably expects the employee to work per normal working day and per normal working week.
