138 8: Contract of employment Part C Employment law
Quick Quiz
1 Fill in the blanks in the statements below
What tests are applied by the courts to answer these questions?
Has the employer control over the way in which the employee performs their duties? (1) ....................
Is the skilled employee part of the employer's organisation? (2) ....................
Is the employee working on their own account? (3)....................
2 Working for a number of different people is an automatic sign of self employment?True
False^3 A 'principal statement' must include the following (tick all that apply)(a) Names of parties
(b) Job title^
(c) Date employment began
(d) Notice details^
(e) Details of continuous employment
(f) Pay details
(g) Pensions and pension scheme details^
(h) Holiday entitlement4 What is an employee's fundamental duty?
5 How can an employee show acceptance when the terms of their employment contract have changed?
(i) Signing a wholly new contract
(ii) Working under the new terms
(iii) Agreeing verbally
A (iii) only
B (i) and (ii) only
C (ii) and (iii) only
D (i), (ii) and (iii)Answers to Quick Quiz
1 (1) control test
(2) integration test
(3) multiple (economic reality) test
2 False. Other facts will be considered.
3 (a) (c) (e) (f) (h). The other options must be included in the written statement of prescribed particulars but
are not included in a 'principle statement'.
4 Faithful service to their employer
5 D. All the options are acceptable methods of showing agreement to the new
terms.(^) Now try the questions below from the Practice Question Bank
Number
17, 18