Does an employer have to provide you with a job description?

Question

I work for a national company and i have never received a job description, the compnay in question is giving me more work and greater responsibilies and not increasing my benefits as they are hiding behind a clause in the contract

"duties include any other duties deemed nesseccary"

Does an employer have to provide specific guidelines and responsibilities for an employee, because at the moment the company has a free licence to change my work and conditions as and when it feels like.

Answer 1

Generally speaking, a job description is only an outline of expectations. A company is under no obligation to supply you with it.

You always have the choice to leave. If you feel that the company is being unfair to you, then go somewhere else. They can only take advantage of you, if you let it happen.

Answer 2

A job description will only be the guidelines of the work you are required to do.
However, you ARE entitled to, and ARE required by law, to have a Contract of Employment.
It is a legal requirement of your company to issue you with one when they employed you. Your Contract of Employment should lay down specific duties that you are deemed to perform by the company, and this should have been signed by you when you first started at the company.
You should have a copy and the original is kept by your employers.
If they have been clever and inserted a sub-clause, "duties include any other duties deemed necessary" and you then accepted, signed and agreed to this clause, there is not a lot you can do.
If you feel aggrieved, and have a union rep you can talk to maybe that could be your next step, failing that try Citizens Advice.

Best of luck.

Answer 3

A job description is intended to be a fair and representative summary of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. As such it is not exhaustive.

The specific guidelines and responsibilities that you ask about are detailed in your contract.

Job Description = What the job is expected to be all about.

Contract = What the job is actually all about.

If you have signed the contract then they have you. You could ask why the other duties are deemed necessary

Answer 4

No, but you should feel free to ask questions. You might want to look for another job if they are giving you serious increases in responsibility and no compensation.

as far as 'duties include any other duties deemed necessary' They can't detail EVERY thing you might have to do, like maybe some times you run out of coffee and have to make it...well that might not be in your job description but you can go ahead and make the coffee and people will love you for it.

Answer 5

Sorry, however the link isn't to a case "in basic terms like mine." each and every case is different. besides, you assert the corporate did a history examine on you. The link is to a credit examine. those are countless issues. you're probable maximum appropriate in that the corporate did not adjust to the provisions of the honest credit Reporting Act...yet i does not wager extra desirable than a greenback or 2 on that. If the history (history, not credit) examine, case in point, confirmed which you may not informed the reality on your interest application, which may be grounds for dismissal. in spite of a credit document, there are some gray areas. For a variety action lawsuit, you may fairly (to be sure damages) could demonstrate that there is an entire type. you are able to not purely take HR's be conscious that it fairly is the way they do it. Even then, you may could tutor that human beings fall into the comparable type. seek for suggestion from with a criminal expert who represents workers in hard artwork disputes. discover out what your techniques are. wish that facilitates.

Answer 6

You certainly do have the right to a job description but only if you signed a contract, otherwise you are merely, if they are paying you, expected to create one with your line manager. That applies to most people mine reads "any other duties directed by the Headteacher" which means absolutely anything.

Answer 7

I would not take a job if I don't know what the job duties are, so I say that they have to. Why get paid if you don't know what you are doing? So, it is against the law.

Answer 8

You should have been issued a job description when you applied, ask HR for a copy they do have to provide one.

Answer 9

Yes they do, however by the sound of it you signed a contract without, so, sorry to say.... u have been dicked.