LRD guides and handbook September 2013

Contracts of employment - a guide to using the law for union reps

Chapter 5
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5. INTERPRETING CONTRACT TERMS

This Chapter looks at:

• the difference between express and implied contract terms;

• the rules used by tribunals to interpret contract terms;

• terms implied through custom and practice;

• examples of some of the main implied contract terms; and

• terms imposed by statute.