Contract Law - Why is it So Important? Your Rights As a Worker

A contract law is a binding legal agreement that isoutlined the conditions of employment (pay, hours,
enforceable in a court of law. That is to say, aetc).
contract is an exchange of promises for theEven if the employee does not serve two
breach of which the law will provide a remedy. Imonths of employment, according to the
have a passion for these types of cases.employment contract law, he is still entitled to a
Many firms work on the basis of contract law.copy of the contract if the job was originally
Such firms are called contract firms. Firms likemeant to last longer than one month.
construction firms work on contract basis.LawThe most important right that contract law
firms dealing with cases related to contract lawsensures to the employees is that they have a
(employment, salary etc) are called contract lawright to be paid for the work they do. Most
firms.companies agree in this, however at times there
If an employee works in a company for moreis a disagreement about the amount owed the
than one month, he is entitled to a writtenemployee.
employment contract which will cover all theEvery firm has different contract terms and
important terms and conditions. An employmentconditions. For example a construction firm has a
contract is an agreement to the terms andseparate construction contract for its employees.
conditions of employment - agreed by both theThe firms' employer has a right to give
employer and employee.reasonable instructions to them and for them to
In principle, there is always a contract between anwork at their job. These rights and obligations are
employee and an employer as the agreement ofcalled contractual terms. The government
an employee to work and the employer'scontract law provides the employees the right to
agreement to pay for work is a contract bynational minimum wage and right to paid holidays.
nature. The employer may have previously