Thursday 27 November 2014

November Employment update on Variations in contracts

Bethan's latest update for November is on Variations in Employment contracts

In the last newsletter the topic of ‘contracts of employment’ was covered.  This month we shall be looking at how an existing contract of employment can be varied, what the law permits an employer to do and what risks or potential pitfalls could cause a council problems when seeking a contractual change.

  • Can a contract of employment be changed?
  • What should our council do if we want to alter an employment contract?
  • What might make a variation unlawful?
  • How do we avoid creating an unlawful or unreasonable variation?
  • What process should we adopt then?
  • How do we know how much notice to give?
  • Can notice be reduced?
  • What if the employee refuses to change?
  • What is unilateral variation?
  • What records should we keep of the variation?
  • What is meant by ‘Termination and Re-engagement’?
  • Which laws are involved in variations of contract?
The full article is on the BALC website here


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