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Employer definition

What does Employer mean? In construction practice, the employer is the party who commissions and pays for the works under a building contract. Also called the client (and, on some projects, the developer), the employer may, but need not, own the site. Across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, usage is broadly consistent. Under JCT and SBCC forms the Employer is the named counterparty to the contractor; NEC uses “Client” for the same role; FIDIC and the Irish Public Works Contracts use “Employer”. The term is contractual rather than statutory: construction safety legislation in the UK and Ireland defines...

Precedent letter obtaining employee consent to flexible furlough and contractual variations under the extended CJRS (1 May–30 September 2021) [Archived]

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UPDATE:

The CJRS concluded on 30 September 2021. This Precedent has been archived and is no longer supported. For additional details on the extended CJRS, see Practice Note: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (extended version 1 May to 30 September 2021) [Archived].

[ To be set out on the Employer’s headed paper ]
[ Date ]

Dear [ insert name of Employee ],

Re: [ insert name of employer ] (the Company)

Further to our discussion on [ date ], I outlined that [ the significant decline in our business arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is ongoing OR the Company remains unable to operate in the usual way owing to restrictions implemented by the government in connection with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ]. [ Provide details of the impact on the organisation, for example whether operations have ceased altogether, or are continuing on a substantially reduced basis, etc. ]...

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