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I am alos, neither a lawyer, nor a UK citizen yet, but I work in the UK, as a temporary resident. There are a lot of details that I don't know about how employm

I am alos, neither a lawyer, nor a UK citizen yet, but I work in the UK, as a temporary resident. There are a lot of details that I don't know about how employment works but I am slowly learning them. One thing that is true regardless of whether they are enforcible or not, is that these clauses are present on my employment contract, and I have signed that contract. If they are not enforcible then why are they even there, I should get them removed, but I can't just go to them and blindly ask them to remove something like this, reason why I've asked the question above. Given the current state of my clauses, what changes could/would you do to them to remove the unenforceable parts and clarify in written and signed contract, once and for all, without any doubt remaining, that code written outside of work is my own property? By the way, I appreciate your linked references, thank you for sharing those with me.

rikroots 6y ago
For situations like these, you really need to talk to a solicitor who deals with employment and contract work. There may be online legal-focussed forums you can reach out to? There's also the Citizens Advice Bureau who may be able to offer more general advice - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/basic-rights-and-contracts/contracts-of-employment/ https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/basic-...
- sdwolfz 6y ago
  I will do that, but beforehand, I want to do some research, this thread being part of that. Also, I am sure I'm not the only person in the world that has struggled with this, that's why I asked for concrete examples of employment contracts that were written or changed to address this. Surely somebody has managed to get a decent clause drafted.