AN140317 – Woolclassers and Sheep Shearing Machine Experts and Grinders' Award - State 2003

PART 4 - EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEES' DUTIES, EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND RELATED ARRANGEMENTS 

4.1 CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

4.1.1 Before an employee is employed by or on behalf of an employer on their station or elsewhere in the operations covered by this Award, the employer and employee shall sign a written agreement which shall be in accordance with the form prescribed in Schedule A.

4.1.2 Where such agreement is entered into:

(a) the employer and employee shall fulfil its terms and failure to fulfil any of its terms shall be a breach of this Award but clause 4.1.2 shall not prejudicially affect the ordinary civil rights and remedies of the employer and employee in respect of any breach of contract.

(b) the employer shall provide 2 forms to be signed by the parties. One shall be retained by the employer and one by the employee.