Compensation for all legal entitlements The compensation for all legal entitlements clause will automatically appear in this contract. This clause seeks to offset an employee’s total remuneration against any entitlement he or she may have under any law or industrial instrument. It’s important to be aware that it’s not possible to ‘contract out’ of an award or agreement using a contract of employment.

Post-employment restraints A post-employment restraint must be ‘reasonable’ in the circumstances of the particular employee’s employment to be enforceable. The particular restraint clause included in the contract includes provisions enabling a court, if it is to review the contract, to read down the covenants in relation to the employee if they are found to be void, invalid or otherwise unenforceable. ‘Reading down’ the strict wording of an unreasonable clause means to modify it until the clause is expressed in a way that is legally enforceable.