Building and Construction: Contracts, Policies, and Industrial Awards

This article discusses the contracts and industrial awards for new personnel in the building and construction industry, including the employment contracts for an electrician and site supervisor. It also covers policies for dispute resolution and redundancy. References are included.

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Name of Student
Institution Affiliation
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A) Industrial awards for the two new personnel.
For the electrician (Babar Gulzar)
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2010.
This industrial reward includes all the new personnel who will be included in the electrical
filter, electrical mechanic, the electronic tradesperson and electricians (Black, 2015).
For the site supervisor (Pauline Joey-level 7
The title for the award of the site supervisor was The Real Estate Industry Award 2010.
This type of the reward contains the transitional arrangements which clar5ify when the
particular part of the reward come into effects it concerns the employees and companies who
are in the building and construction industry (Farnham, 2013).
B) The contract for the two new personnel
Electrician (Babar Gulzar) the contract will be Building and construction employment
contract.
The electrician will be tasked with wiring of the buildings and repair of electrical equipment
The contract for the site supervisor (Pauline Joey-level 7) will be the Site supervisor
employment contract. The site supervisor will be tasked to oversee all the operations which
are taking place on site (Frein, 2016).
The contract for the electrician
Dear Babar Gulzar,
Contract
I am pleased to offer you employment in the position of the electrician with us at Metharom
Construction Company on the terms and conditions set out in this contract.

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1. Position
1.1 You will be required to report to work after seven working days according to the equal
opportunity act 2010.
1.2 You will be a full-time employee, and you will be required to attend to work at the
time which is stated by the Metharom construction company.
1.3 The roles and duties which you will be required to perform are defined in the attached
description of the position. You will be required to complete the duties which are
assigned to you regarding your knowledge skills and experience.
1.4 You will perform the tasks which are assigned to you by Metharom Company or any
other location as directed by the employer.
2.0 Terms and conditions of employment
2.1 The additional conditions which are set out in the attached Schedule will also apply to
your employment.
3. Ordinary hours of work
3.1 Your ordinary working hours will be 38 hours per week, plus any reasonable
additional hours that are necessary to fulfill your duties or as otherwise required by
the employer.
3.2 Your ordinary working hours may be averaged over to be 150 hours per month.
4. Remuneration
4.1 The employer will make superannuation payments on your behalf by the Equal
opportunity Act 2010

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4.2 Your remuneration which you receive will be reviewed annually.
5. Leaves
5.1You are entitled to leave by the position description and the National Employment
Standards. The leaves which you are allowed to include the annual leave. Careers leave,
personal leave. Parental leave, community service leave, compassionate leave and
extended service leave (Vaughan-Whitehead, 2014).
6. Your obligations which you will have to the employer
6.1 You will be expected to:
(a) At all times perform the duties to your level best.
(b) Use your best endeavors to protect and promote the interests of the company.
(c) Adhere to all lawful and reasonable directions given to you by the employer.
7. Termination of employment
7.1 Under the equal opportunity Act 2010 the employer is entitled to terminate your
employment at any given time by providing you with written notice according to the
table below (Jones, 2014).
7.2
If
you are above 50 years old of age you will be given an additional week's notice on the day
the notice of termination is given out to give you a chance to appeal. The company is a
subject to the legal actions in the cases where it fails to observe the set rules in the equal
opportunity Act 2010 (Okólski, 2012).
Period of employment with employer Time of notice
Less than one year One week
Between 1 and three years Two weeks
Between 3 and five years Three weeks
Five years and above Four weeks

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7.3 In the case where you want to terminate the contract you are required to provide the
employee with a notice by the table above. This will enable the Metharom
Construction Company to look for a replacement in advance.
8. Confidentiality
8.1 By accepting this agreement letter you agree and acknowledge that you will not,
during the period of your employment use or disclose important information
associated with Metharom Company. You will be expected to be an ambassador for
the company, and at all times you should be working with the aim of achieving the set
goals of the company (Raiden, 2014).
9. Entire agreement
9.1 The conditions referred to in this agreement comprises all the terms of your
employment and replacement. You will be expected to work according to this
agreement. Working contrary to this agreement can result in the immediate
termination of the employment or legal actions can be taken against you.
9.2 The conditions referred to in this agreement may only be changed by a written
agreement which is signed by both you and the employer.
I the CEO of Metharom Company, have read and understood this contract Metharom
Company and Babar Gulzar on the terms and conditions set out in the letter.
Signed:_______________________________________ Date:______/_______/ _______
Print name:________________________________________________________________

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C) Policies for redundancy and dispute resolution
Dispute resolution refers to the process through which the resolutions which arise in the
company are solved and then brought to an end (Ryley, 2015).
In the process of dispute resolution I was to make the process to be very successful by;
Being simple
Allowing the appropriate stages which are required to reach an agreement be included.
Encourage the parties which are involved to agree on how to solve the dispute.

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References.
Black, R. (2015). EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe.
London: Amsterdam University Press.
Farnham, D. (2013). Employee Relations in Context. London: CIPD Publishing.
Frein, J. (2016). Handbook of Construction Management and Organization. Texas: Springer
Science & Business Media.
Jones, M. (2014). MacRoberts on Scottish Construction Contracts. Berlin: John Wiley &
Sons.
Okólski, M. (2012). Temporary Agency Work and the Information Society. London: Kluwer
Law International.
Raiden, A. (2014). EEmployee Resourcing in the Construction Industry: Strategic
Considerations and Operational Practice. London: Routledge.
Ryley, M. (2015). Employment Law for the Construction Industry. Chicago: Thomas Telford.
Vaughan-Whitehead, D. (2014). Working and Employment Conditions in New EU Member
States: Convergence Or Diversity. London: International Labour Organization.

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