New employee: comply with the strict duty to provide information!

If you hire a new employee, you must provide them with detailed information about their terms of employment. The Transparent and Predictable Terms of Employment Directive has expanded this duty to provide information: you must provide more information, and in a timely manner. Comply with this to avoid problems.

The employer's duty to provide information

When entering into an employment contract, you must inform the employee about the most important terms of employment, such as the position, salary, working hours, and the duration of the contract. This has always been the case, but the obligation has recently been tightened.

What is extensive?

Due to the Transparent and Predictable Employment Conditions Directive, you are required to provide information on more topics, and in some cases within shorter timeframes. Examples include information regarding the workplace, the duration and conditions of a probationary period, the training policy, the dismissal procedure, and, in the case of an unpredictable work pattern, the reference days and hours. Many standard contracts do not yet fully comply with these requirements.

Inform in a timely and demonstrable manner

The information must be provided in a timely manner, partly at or shortly after the start. Ensure that you can demonstrate that you have done so, for example by including the information in the employment contract or an appendix. This will prevent disputes and potential claims from the employee.

Update your contracts

Have your employment contracts and onboarding process reviewed and adjusted to comply with the extended information obligation. An up-to-date, complete employment contract covers most obligations at once and prevents you from forgetting individual pieces of information.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to inform a new employee about?

Regarding the most important terms and conditions of employment and, since the expansion, including the workplace, probationary period, training policy, and dismissal procedure.

When do I need to provide the information?

Timely, partly at or shortly after the start. Ensure that you can demonstrate that you have done this.

Is my standard contract still adequate?

Often incomplete. Have your employment contract reviewed and adjusted to comply with the extended duty to provide information.

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