Employment and people
Contract of employment for Ireland
Ireland is a choice on this paper rather than a version of it. This page is that choice, written out.
- Also listed as
- contract of employment
- In the catalogue
- Employment and people
- On the paper
- Ireland, on the governing-law line
- In the picker
- A row a contract can name
- Currency on its own row
- euro
- Official languages on file
- English and Irish
What it is, and what it is called here
The general shape of this paper lives on the page about the paper itself. This one stays on Ireland.
Of the names we file this paper under, “contract of employment” is the one that suits a British reader.
- employment agreement
- employment contract
- contract of employment
- staff contract
- written statement of terms
- job contract
What the door prints for Ireland
Choose Ireland from the chip beside the field and the paper gains this sentence, word for word:
“This agreement is governed by the laws of Ireland.”
One line in, one line changed. The paper is otherwise the one its own page describes.
A governing-law clause and a jurisdiction clause are different things, and this is the first of the two.
The parts the place touches
- The one clause that carries a place: Ireland, spelled as the picker spells it.
- The pay, written beside a currency — the euro here.
- Language: English and Irish are on Ireland's own row, and the draft is English.
Ireland records the euro on its own row. That is the currency the pay would usually be written in. Two sides can agree any currency they like, and the paper repeats what they wrote.
Ireland is a two-language row in the record: English and Irish. The paper the door makes is English. Where a paper exists twice over, the version that governs is usually said so in the paper.
For a clock, the record holds Greenwich Mean Time. Start dates, notice and holiday are each a moment somewhere, and naming the clock is a term people write.
An empty blank is an open question, and it waits until somebody answers it.
The words that reach it
Type “Republic Of Ireland”, “Roi” and “Eire” at the door and the picker offers Ireland. Eight strings in the wordlist reach this row.
- Republic Of Ireland
- Roi
- Eire
- Irish
- Dublin
- éIre
- Galway
- Limerick
“Dublin”, “Galway” and “Limerick” are cities on the same list, and each one offers Ireland. The list is data rather than a guess, and the match happens on your own machine.
Where it sits in the picker
Ireland shares its shelf with 40 other units, all filed under Europe.
This paper, other places
The paper travels. These are the other places it has a page of its own for.
What people search for here
Is a contract of employment in Ireland different from an employment agreement?
Both names reach the same document here. The job, the pay, the hours and the notice sit in either. The door writes Ireland into the governing-law line and leaves the rest alone. The paper records a deal. It does not stand in for advice about one.
What does a contract of employment for Ireland usually include?
Commonly the parties, the role, the start date, the pay, the hours, the holiday and the notice. With Ireland picked, the document carries one extra sentence: “This agreement is governed by the laws of Ireland.” Anything a legal system demands sits outside what a template can carry.
Can you write your own contract of employment in Ireland?
Employers write these without a lawyer in the room every day. The shape is not a secret. On this version the clause names Ireland, and nothing else on the paper does. What local rules require comes from law rather than from the paper.
Nothing above is a statement about Ireland's law. Each one is a statement about a document.
Write the deal in a sentence and pick Ireland from the chip. The paper prints that name where the clause goes.
Start it at the door →Both pages behind this one
Behind this pairing are two pages — one about the document, one about the law it names.