Full time, permanent: Meaning
you will work on a full time basis, which is usually 37-39 hours a week . Basically a permanent contract makes you a permanent member of the company's staff, which means you are allowed to access to benefits which other employees have access to, including pensions, time off when sick with pay, paternity/maternity leave and holidays with pay.
Part time, permanent: Meaning you will only work a fraction of a full time job, but you will only work a set amount of time per week. You will still have access to the same benefits (as above) but they will be reduced based on the fewer amount of hours.
Fixed term and freelance: both jobs and contracts are the same in some aspects such as they are both only temporary and will only last around a certain amount of time.
On a fixed term contract you will still be entitled to benefits if in the companies contract. But a freelance will be completely responsible for his/ her own arrangements such as pension, off sick with payment, holidays and such other terms. And also have to pay for their own expenses such as national insurance and tax.
Shifts: Meaning the hours you work a day are set to a certain time. Shifts can be set for late nights or early mornings and are used in many places that need to be manned day and night for 24 hours.
Work hours: in most lines of work office hours are usually set to Monday-Friday and the times are set to 9 am-5 pm.
Anti social and non regular hours pay: It is quite common in jobs in the creative media industries, as is production work and especially on location, this can be irregular and can involve working at very early points in the day or possibly very late in to the night. the payments can be incentive to people to work unsociable hours beyond contracted duties.
Salaries: salaries are a set of annual wages that is broken down and given out as monthly payments. A salary will be can and sometimes will be advertised as, for an example 20,000 pounds per annum, which means per year, this payment is divided by 12 in order to give a monthly payment of around 1,666 pounds ( because you will also have to pay tax and national insurance on this payment).
On completion of work: This is also very common among those who work in the creative media industries, even more for those people commissioned to work. The contract that one sign's outlines what you are required to do and when, and also you will be paid the agreement fee when zed work has been completed.
Part time, permanent: Meaning you will only work a fraction of a full time job, but you will only work a set amount of time per week. You will still have access to the same benefits (as above) but they will be reduced based on the fewer amount of hours.
Fixed term and freelance: both jobs and contracts are the same in some aspects such as they are both only temporary and will only last around a certain amount of time.
On a fixed term contract you will still be entitled to benefits if in the companies contract. But a freelance will be completely responsible for his/ her own arrangements such as pension, off sick with payment, holidays and such other terms. And also have to pay for their own expenses such as national insurance and tax.
Shifts: Meaning the hours you work a day are set to a certain time. Shifts can be set for late nights or early mornings and are used in many places that need to be manned day and night for 24 hours.
Work hours: in most lines of work office hours are usually set to Monday-Friday and the times are set to 9 am-5 pm.
Anti social and non regular hours pay: It is quite common in jobs in the creative media industries, as is production work and especially on location, this can be irregular and can involve working at very early points in the day or possibly very late in to the night. the payments can be incentive to people to work unsociable hours beyond contracted duties.
Salaries: salaries are a set of annual wages that is broken down and given out as monthly payments. A salary will be can and sometimes will be advertised as, for an example 20,000 pounds per annum, which means per year, this payment is divided by 12 in order to give a monthly payment of around 1,666 pounds ( because you will also have to pay tax and national insurance on this payment).
On completion of work: This is also very common among those who work in the creative media industries, even more for those people commissioned to work. The contract that one sign's outlines what you are required to do and when, and also you will be paid the agreement fee when zed work has been completed.
