Employment Law | Varying Terms & Conditions

Terms and conditions of employment can be varied in lots of situations and for all sorts of reasons. This is a complex area of law and one which often causes problems in balancing the business needs against its employees rights.

An employer cannot assume that they have an automatic right to vary the contract of employment and that there will be no consequences if they unilaterally change the contract without consulting their employees first. Equally however, an employee cannot assume that their employer is prevented from ever making changes to their terms and conditions of employment.

It is important to take advice on any proposal to vary terms and conditions at an early stage to ensure that the nature of the change is understood by both parties and disputes about the proposed changes are avoided.

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