Statutory statement of the main terms of employment — a "day one" right under s.1 Employment Rights Act 1996 for every employee and worker, not just a recommended document.
⚠️ This is a blank template, not legal advice: check the wording with a lawyer and adapt it to your jurisdiction and your case.
WRITTEN STATEMENT OF EMPLOYMENT PARTICULARS (Section 1, Employment Rights Act 1996)
Issued by: Employer name Employer address
To: Employee name
This statement sets out the main particulars of your employment with Employer name (the "Employer"), as required by section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("ERA 1996"). It is a day-one right: you are entitled to receive it on or before your first day of work.
1. JOB TITLE AND PLACE OF WORK 1.1. Your job title is "Job title". 1.2. Your normal place of work is: Place of work.
2. START DATE 2.1. Your employment (and, unless stated otherwise, your period of continuous employment) begins on Date employment begins.
3. PAY 3.1. Your rate of pay is Pay rate, paid Pay frequency. 3.2. Your pay must not be less than the National Minimum Wage / National Living Wage rate applicable to you.
4. HOURS AND DAYS OF WORK 4.1. Hours and days of work
5. HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT 5.1. Your paid holiday entitlement is Holiday entitlement (days/year) days per year (pro-rated for part-time work), which meets or exceeds the statutory minimum of 5.6 weeks.
6. SICKNESS ABSENCE AND SICK PAY 6.1. Sickness absence & sick pay terms 6.2. ⚠️ From 6 April 2026, under the Employment Rights Act 2025, Statutory Sick Pay becomes payable from the first day of sickness absence, without a lower earnings threshold — review this clause against the rules in force on the date of issue.
7. PROBATION AND NOTICE PERIODS 7.1. Probationary period & notice periods 7.2. Statutory minimum notice periods apply in any event (at least one week after one month's service, rising with length of service for the Employer's notice; at least one week for the Employee's notice after one month's service).
8. OTHER BENEFITS AND TRAINING 8.1. Other benefits & training entitlement 8.2. Any training that the Employer requires you to complete is paid for by the Employer and counts as working time. Training that you choose to undertake yourself is not covered by this paragraph unless agreed in writing.
9. PENSIONS 9.1. The Employer operates a qualifying workplace pension scheme and will automatically enrol you if you meet the statutory age and earnings criteria. You may opt out after enrolment and will be re-enrolled periodically, as required by law. Full scheme details are provided separately.
10. DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 10.1. The procedure that applies to disciplinary matters and grievances is set out in: Disciplinary & grievance procedure reference. That procedure is not part of this statement and does not form part of your contract of employment, but you have a statutory right to be told where to find it.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Employer ______________ / on behalf of Employer name / Employee ______________ / Employee name / I confirm receipt of this statement.
— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Employment, consumer-protection, food safety, and health & safety law in the United Kingdom differs between England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, and is changing significantly through 2026–2027 under the Employment Rights Act 2025 — have this document reviewed and adapted by a solicitor (and, for disciplinary/grievance matters, checked against the current Acas Code of Practice at acas.org.uk) before use.
Fields that belong to a switched-off clause are dimmed — they are not asked for.
If the employee is required to work at various places, state that and the employer's address
Include whether hours/days are variable and, if so, how they are set — required since April 2020
Statutory minimum is 5.6 weeks (28 days for a full-time worker, which may include bank holidays)
Include Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and any company sick pay scheme
Length of probation, and minimum notice each side must give to end employment
Pensions, other paid leave, and any training the employer requires/provides — mandatory field since 2020
Name of the separate document where the employee can find the procedure — a reference is a statutory requirement
5 of 14 fields are taken from the company, employee or counterparty record, the questionnaire can be dictated to the AI, and the finished document comes with a number, a PDF and an acknowledgement record.