Mead Open Farm Ltd (“the Company”) cannot always predict the exact staffing levels it will require. The Company therefore requires workers because of the fluctuating demands of the business and is entering into this agreement to record the terms of the working relationship with you.
This letter is a statement of the terms of your engagement as a worker as required by section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. You have the status of a worker and are not an employee. This means that you may not have the same terms and conditions, protections, or obligations as someone who works as an employee.
| 1. |
Engagement as a casual worker |
| 1.1 |
This contract sets out the terms of your engagement from time to time by the Company for casual work as a Scare Actor |
| 1.2 |
This is not an employment contract and does not confer any employment rights on you (other than those to which workers are entitled). It is entirely at the Company's discretion whether to offer you work and the Company is under no obligation to provide work to you or to give any reasons for its decision to offer or not offer work. Any work offered will be on a flexible "as required" basis. |
| 2. |
No presumption of continuity |
| 2.1 |
Each offer of work by the Company which you accept (an assignment) shall be treated as an entirely separate and severable engagement. The terms of this contract shall apply to each assignment but there shall be no relationship between the parties after the end of one assignment and before the start of any subsequent assignment. |
| 2.2 |
The fact that the Company has offered you work, or offers you work more than once, shall not confer any legal rights on you and, in particular, should not be regarded as establishing an entitlement to regular work or conferring continuity of employment. |
| 3.1 |
Your first assignment will start on 01/10/2026. We will notify you of the start date of any subsequent assignment. |
| 3.2 |
No probationary period applies to your contract. |
| 4.1 |
You warrant that you are legally entitled to work in the UK without any additional immigration approvals and agree to notify the Company immediately if you cease to be so entitled at any time. |
| 5.1 |
The Company may offer you work from time to time. If the Company wants to offer you any work, it will contact you via email, or phone with the work offer and hours available. |
| 5.2 |
You are under no obligation to accept any work offered by the Company at any time. The precise description and nature of your work may be varied with each assignment, and you may be required to carry out other duties as necessary to meet business needs. You will be informed of the requirements at the start of each assignment. |
| 5.3 |
If you accept an assignment, the Company will expect you to complete the assignment. |
| 5.4 |
If you wish to terminate an assignment for any reason, you must provide 7 days notice in writing to the Company. In the event that an assignment is not completed, you will be paid on an hourly basis for the work completed. |
| 5.5 |
If the Company needs to cancel the assignment before its commencement, it will notify you as soon as reasonably practicable. |
| 5.6 |
The Company reserves the right to terminate an assignment at any time. You will be paid on an hourly basis for all work done during the assignment up to the time it is terminated. If you are suspended for any reason, you will not be paid during the period of suspension. |
| 5.7 |
If you no longer wish to be offered casual work by the Company, you should inform Scream Park Ents (Callum Twigg) as soon as possible. |
| 5.8 |
The Company may decide at any time that it no longer intends to offer you. It may do so for any reason, including where the Company has reduced its need for casual workers or where it considers that you have committed any act of gross misconduct or other serious breach of your obligations. Non-exhaustive examples of gross misconduct include dishonesty, theft, fighting, misuse of drugs or alcohol or any other acts or omissions which might bring the Company into disrepute. |
| 5.9 |
The Company may update the terms on which it offers casual work. In the event of any such changes, the Company will notify you of the new terms in writing. |
| 6.1 |
During each assignment, your place of work will be Mead Open Farm, Billington, Near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. LU7 9JH |
| 7.1 |
You have no normal hours of work and you will be offered work on an "as required" basis. Your hours will vary according to the needs of the Company and your availability to work but you will generally be offered work between the hours of 10:00am to 11:30pm from Monday to Sunday. |
| 7.2 |
You will be entitled to a minimum of 30 minutes unpaid breaks, times of which must be agreed with your manager, where your assignment requires you to work more than six hours in any one day.] |
| 8.1 |
Pursuant to the terms of Regulation 5(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998, as amended (the “Regulations”) you agree that the maximum average working time of 48 hours for each seven-day period which is contained in Regulation 4(1) of the Regulations shall not apply in relation to your employment with the Company under the terms of this Contract. |
| 8.2 |
You may terminate your agreement to opt-out of Regulation 4(1) of the Regulations pursuant to the above clause at any time by giving three months’ written notice to the Company of termination. Upon such termination the other terms of your employment under this Contract will remain in force and will not be affected. |
| 9.1 |
You will be paid £71.25 per night (equivalent to £12.71 an hour plus rolled-up holiday under paragraph 10)
You will only be paid for the hours that you work. You will be paid on 19th November in arrears. |
| 9.2 |
The Company will make all necessary deductions from your pay as required by law. The Company shall also be entitled to deduct from your pay or other payments due to you any money which you may owe to the Company at any time. |
| 10.1 |
You are entitled to paid holiday which shall accrue at the rate of 12.07% of hours worked. |
| 10.2 |
Holiday shall also accrue during periods of sick leave at the rate of 12.07% of your average weekly working hours calculated over 52 weeks (or your total period of employment, if less). Working and non-working weeks shall be included in the calculation but weeks in which you have taken any sick leave shall be ignored and earlier weeks taken into account, going back no more than two years. |
| 10.3 |
The Company's holiday year runs from 1st April to 31st March. |
| 10.4 |
You will receive rolled-up holiday pay for the holiday accrued in each pay period. You will not receive any further holiday pay at the time holiday is taken. Rolled-up holiday pay will be equal to for work done, 12.07% of your hourly rate as set out in paragraph 9 |
| 11.1 |
If you have accepted an offer of work but are subsequently unable to work the hours agreed due to sickness, you must notify Scream Park Ents of the reason for your absence as soon as possible but no later than one hour before the start of you shift on the first day of absence. |
| 11.2 |
If you satisfy the qualifying conditions laid down by law, you will be entitled to receive statutory sick pay (SSP) at the prevailing rate in respect of any period of sickness or injury during an assignment, but you will not be entitled to any other payments from the Company during such period. |
| 12.1 |
In order to fulfil the role of Scare Actor, it is a requirement that you have attended the Scream Park Entertainments training course or a Scream Training recap session in the past 3 months. |
| 12.2 |
You are also required to attend a rehearsal prior to the event opening as part of your training in preparation for this role. |
| 12.3 |
On arrival for work you must have your lanyard with name badge clearly visible, for identification purposes. |
| 13.1 |
You shall comply with the Data protection policy when handling personal data during your engagement including personal data relating to any other worker, contractor, employee, customer, client, supplier or agent of the Company. |
| 13.2 |
The Company may terminate an assignment immediately by giving notice to you if it reasonably considers that you have failed to comply with the Data protection policy or any of the policies listed above in paragraph 15.2 and may not continue to offer you work. |
| 14. |
Company rules and procedures |
During each assignment you are required at all times to comply with the relevant Company rules, policies and procedures in force from time to time.
| 15. |
Confidential information |
| 15.1 |
In this paragraph 15, confidential information shall mean information in whatever form (including in written, oral, visual or electronic form or on any magnetic or optical disk or memory) and wherever located relating to our business, clients, customers, suppliers, products, assets, affairs and finances that is confidential to us and trade secrets relating to our business or any of our suppliers, clients, customers, agents, distributors, shareholders, management or business contacts, including technical data and know-how, that you create, develop, receive or obtain in connection with any assignment, whether or not such information is marked confidential. |
| 15.2 |
You shall not (except in the proper course of your duties, as authorised or required by law, or as authorised by us), either during or at any time after any assignment, use any confidential information, make or use any copies of any confidential information or disclose any confidential information. |
| 15.3 |
The restriction in paragraph 15.2 does not apply to any confidential information which is or comes into the public domain other than through your unauthorised disclosure. |
| 15.4 |
Nothing in this paragraph 15 shall prevent you from: |
| a. |
making a protected disclosure within the meaning of section 43A of the Employment Rights Act 1996; |
| b. |
making a disclosure permitted under section 17 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024; |
| c. |
making a disclosure permitted under sections 135 and 136 of the Employment Rights Act 2025; |
| d. |
reporting a suspected criminal offence to the police or any law enforcement agency or co-operating with the police or any law enforcement agency regarding a criminal investigation or prosecution; |
| e. |
doing or saying anything that is required by HMRC or a regulator, ombudsman or supervisory authority; |
| f. |
whether required by law or not, making a disclosure to, or co-operating with, any investigation by HMRC or a regulator, ombudsman or supervisory authority regarding any misconduct, wrongdoing or serious breach of regulatory requirements (including giving evidence at a hearing); |
| g. |
complying with an order from a court or tribunal to disclose or give evidence; |
| h. |
disclosing information to any person who owes you a duty of confidentiality (which you agree not to waive) in respect of information disclosed to them, including legal or tax advisers and persons providing you with medical, therapeutic, counselling or support services; or |
| i. |
making any other disclosure as required by law. |
| 16.1 |
All documents, manuals, hardware and software provided for your use by the Company, and any data or documents (including copies) produced, maintained or stored on the Company's computer systems or other electronic equipment (including mobile phones, remain the property of the Company. |
| 16.2 |
At the end of each assignment, or at our request at any time during an assignment, you shall hand over all Company property (including confidential information as defined in paragraph 15 and copies of confidential information) to Scream Park Ents and irretrievably delete any information belonging to the Company which is stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory, including personal computer networks, personal e-mail accounts or personal accounts on websites, in your possession or control. |
| 17. |
Disciplinary and grievance procedures |
| 17.1 |
There are no disciplinary rules and procedures, or grievance procedures, which apply to your engagement as a worker. However, if you are dissatisfied with any decision to terminate this contract or you are unhappy with another aspect of your work or the working relationship, you should contact Scream Park Ents. |
We will comply with the employer auto-enrolment pension duties in respect of you in accordance with applicable legislation. If you are or become eligible to be enrolled into a pension scheme, we will notify you and provide information relating to the relevant scheme.
| 19. |
Collective agreements |
There is no collective agreement which directly affects your engagement as a worker.
This contract is intended to fully reflect the intentions and expectations of both parties as to our future dealings and in the event of any dispute regarding your engagement as a casual worker by the Company it shall be regarded as a true, accurate and exhaustive record of the terms on which we have agreed to enter into a work relationship. Any variation to this contract will only be valid where it is recorded in writing and signed by both parties. You confirm that you have read and understood the contents of this document.
Please indicate your acceptance of these terms by signing and returning to us the attached copy of this letter.
For and on behalf of Mead Open Farm(The Howl)
