Registers and records · OSH Code
Letter of appointment
- When someone joins
- Employer
What to do
Issue every employee a letter of appointment on their appointment s. 6(1)(f), with the particulars set out in the Rules, including the designation, type of employment, category of skill, date of joining, wages and allowances, social security cover and the broad nature of duties rule 6.
Who it applies to
No employee may be employed in any establishment unless an appointment letter has been issued rule 6. Under the OSH Code an establishment is a place in which ten or more workers are employed s. 2(1)(v).
In the checklist: OSH Code establishment.
When
On appointment. An employee without an appointment letter at the commencement of the Code must receive it within three months of that commencement s. 6(1)(f).
How
For a woman employee, the letter states the benefits available under the maternity benefit Chapter of the Code on Social Security rule 6.