| The following is a set of typical guidelines that can be | | | | betterment of the company and should not malign its |
| found in a contract of employment, between the | | | | name. |
| employer and the employee. Such terms make up | | | | 3. Right to expect from employees not to divulge any |
| specific sets of instructions that are the requirement of | | | | classified data regarding the business. Confidentialities |
| the employee to follow, in order that work environment | | | | and any other data related to the company's business |
| co-operation exists between two parties that have | | | | deals, as well as names, telephone numbers, |
| agreed upon a set of terms and conditions to govern | | | | addresses of clients is the sole property of the |
| the period of employment. Violation of these terms, | | | | company. |
| whilst not a conclusive reason to incur a termination of | | | | 4. Right to expect the employees to take care of the |
| employment, can be used as a reason for an | | | | company's property. Use of company property is of |
| employee to have their approach to employment | | | | course part of being an employee but does not give |
| considered and can often be the start of a disciplinary | | | | the liberty to the employee to overuse or tear it down. |
| procedure. | | | | Utmost care must be observed and workers must |
| The main seven tenants of good practice that can be | | | | treat it as their own property. |
| included in a work contract include: | | | | 5. Right to any researches and breakthroughs made |
| 1. Right to monitor employees' activities. This is | | | | throughout the work. Any research, inventions or |
| regulated by the data protection law but has set | | | | innovations which has been asked from the employee |
| regulations on how this should be implemented. But first | | | | becomes the property of the company. You were |
| the employer must inform his employees of the | | | | tasked and were paid for doing it, therefore it is not |
| reasons and advantages for conducting such | | | | meant for you but for your employer. |
| procedures along with what will be monitored. | | | | 6. Right to demand that employees be competent, |
| The monitoring is normally done by: | | | | vigilant and work productively. Competence to perform |
| - Having CCTV cameras | | | | the job and to be productive is naturally a duty of an |
| - Utilization of automated software to check e-mail | | | | employee. You were not hired to just gossip nor |
| - Verify documentation of phone calls | | | | gallivant. |
| - Verify websites that have been visited | | | | 7. Right to be given notice if employee is to resign. |
| - Video outside premises of the work place | | | | Rendering your resignation should follow what is in the |
| - Gather data from credit reference agencies | | | | contract. Normally a month's notice is stipulated in the |
| - Pulling together data via 'point-of-sale' terminals like | | | | agreement. However, if you were with the company |
| supermarket checkouts, to verify each operators' | | | | for a short period of time, like one month, one week |
| performance | | | | notice is sufficient. You need to remember that the |
| 2. Right to expect employees to be subservient, | | | | notice must be in writing. The employer reserves the |
| sincere and not to do anything in opposition to the | | | | right to withhold part or all of the money he owes you |
| company's interest. Having applied to that position, an | | | | if proper notice was not given. |
| employee is supposed to comply with the company's | | | | This is the reason why a contract of employment is |
| policies and procedures which is reflected in the | | | | essential - to remind both parties of their own |
| company's manual. Work must be performed for the | | | | respective rights and duties. |