Contract Types

Within all job roles there are different types of contract types.
These consist of  full time, part time, permanent, fixed term, hourly paid, salaried and paid on completion.

The most known contract types are full time and part time, the main different within these two contracts are the number of hours that you are contracted to work.
Full time employment is where the employee works the full number of hours defined by the employer within the contract. In full time employment the standard working hours consist of five eight hour days, totaling 40 hours a week.
When you are a part-time worker your hours are fewer then a full time worker. As a full time worker works 8 hours a day a part-time worker should only be working less that 35 hours a week

There are other forms of contracts that are a little more complex that just working full time and part time.
When you work a permanent contract, there is an official or written agreement between and employee and the employer which states the rules and regulations for a full time or part time basic, or how many hours they are working. it also means that it is against the law to get fired for reasons such as 'we are over staffed'.

A fixed term contract is where you and the employer agree how long you will be working for the company. A fixed term contract doesn't count if you have a contract with an agency rather than the company you are working for, if you are a student or trainee on work experiences, if you are working under a 'contract of apprenticeship' or if you are a member of the armed forces.
They may be fixed term contracts if it is a seasonal period e.g christmas, covering maternity leave or a specialist employee for a project.

When you are working for different contracts the pay can also be different. both part time and full time contracts can get paid by the hour, or they can be paid a set salary.
When you are paid hourly you are paid for the amount of hours that you work, usually you will have to 'clock in' or write down the hours that you work from the time you arrive to the time you finish.
When you are paid a salary you are paid the same amount every month or week depending on the contract, and this never changes unless you receive a pay rise.

The final type of contract is paid on completion. This can be used as a form of payment when working in production.
When you are paid on completion it means that you agree on a payment and you receive the payment once the job is done. The most common example of this is with builders, but in recent cases this has became an issue as people are starting to request half of the pay half way through the job and then leave it un-finished.