Types of Contract

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

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consortium agreement. Reciprocal arrangement in which the members of a group of firms undertake to help each other in case of an emergency, such as sharing their facilities with a member who suffers a disaster or is under a threat.

What counts as a fixed-term contract. Employees are on a fixed-term contract if both of the following apply: they have an employment contract with the organisation they work for. their contract ends on a particular date, or on completion of a specific task, eg a project.

Contractors, freelancers and consultants, are often used words, but what do these terms actually mean? Here are significant differences between all of them.

A full-time employment contract requires between 35 and 40 hours of work per week. A work day is usually between five and eight hours; 12-hour shifts are only three days per week. For more hours, the company has the obligation to pay the employee overtime.

Requirements of the Interagency Cooperation Act. A state agency may enter into an interagency contract with another governmental entity to carry out duties such as special or technical services involving employees, materials, or equipment.

A Material transfer agreement (MTA) is a contract that governs the transfer of tangible research materials between two organizations, when the recipient intends to use it for his or her own research purposes.

Our partners often ask us to explain the difference between a contract and a memorandum of understanding (MOU). Although there can be legal distinctions between the two types of documents,

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), also known as a Confidentiality Agreement, is a contract between two parties that places valuable information under protection.

Sponsored Research Agreement (Single Non-Federal Sponsor) A Sponsored Research Agreement (SRA) is a contract between MIT and a non-federal sponsor for the purposes of funding and conducting research at MIT.

Also referred to as a subcontract or subrecipient agreement. A contract issued under a prime contract, agreement, purchase order, or grant for the procurement of purchased program related tasks.

While the term 'zero-hour contract' is primarily used in the United Kingdom, where around 3% of the workforce are on zero-hour contracts, casual and part-time workers are employed under similar terms in many countries.