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Contract never signed. Wess (W) started work in 1979. Her original contract provided for six months’ notice to end her employment but in 2003 she was issued with a new contract following a regrading exercise and this was reduced to twelve weeks. 

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Although she appealed against the grading of her job, she never actually objected to the change in her notice period. She continued to work for nine years without ever signing the contract. Eventually W was dismissed with twelve weeks’ notice. The employment tribunal found that by working in accordance with the terms of her contract for nine years, and never protesting about the change in the length of the notice period, she had accepted them. 

There is no requirement for a contract to be signed; if an employee works in accordance with the terms without protest you can presume that they are accepted. Nevertheless, avoid this sort of argument by keeping a signed contract on every personnel le 

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