Provide the terms needed to understand scope, deliverables, dates, worksite, supervision and the parties’ responsibilities, including relevant work orders and changes. A cover page and signature page rarely explain the assignment adequately.
Make confidentiality compatible with clarity
Discuss appropriate handling of sensitive commercial information, but do not redact the essential control or service terms beyond usefulness. Pair the contract with the employee’s duty letter and employer explanation of the specialised knowledge. Identify any difference between written provisions and actual practice so it can be resolved before filing rather than concealed.
Decide what may be withheld and what cannot, and settle it before the reviewer sees the file. Commercial sensitivity is a legitimate reason to redact pricing and unrelated terms; it is not a reason to obscure scope, deliverables, dates, worksite, supervision or the parties responsibilities, because those are what explain the assignment. A cover page and a signature page explain nothing.
Include the relevant work orders and changes, and pair the contract with the employee duty letter and the employer explanation of the specialised knowledge. Where a written provision and the actual practice differ, identify the difference so it can be resolved before filing rather than discovered afterwards. Agree the redaction approach with counsel before the document leaves the business.