New contracted hours

[post_bitch]

manager said he might be putting some part timers hours up from 25 to 30 but with some extra on the walk.


anyway


Should i get a new contract or is it just verbal??

and can he put these hours down again

[Himaggen]

Those part-timers who moved up up in hours but remained part-time in our Delivery Office received letters to sign stating that it was a Temporary Change; (Although none have been moved back down since).

I suppose therefore, that you could agree the change verbally but make a more definite decision later when you are required to officially sign for the contract change (temporary or otherwise).

[POSTMAN]

manager said he might be putting some part timers hours up from 25 to 30 but with some extra on the walk.


anyway


Should i get a new contract or is it just verbal??

and can he put these hours down again

The walks should be the same size as the full timers,it's your call then.

[the_slave_has-landed]

manager said he might be putting some part timers hours up from 25 to 30 but with some extra on the walk.


anyway


Should i get a new contract or is it just verbal??

and can he put these hours down again

Can my employer change my contract of employment?

A contract of employment is a legal agreement between the employer and the employee. It contains terms, either express or implied, which cannot lawfully be changed or varied by the employer without further agreement from the employee (either individually or through the trade union).

If the employer is thinking of changing a fundamental term of you and your colleagues’ contracts it should carry out a consultation. In other words the employer should meet with affected employees (or their representatives), explain why its interested in making the change and give staff time to consider the proposal as well as suggest alternative ways of achieving the same result. If following receipt of the employees’ alternative proposals, the employer decides to go ahead with the change, it can do so – but must compensate you for any financial loss associated with the change, and give you sufficient notice of when the change will take effect.

Many terms of the contract are, of course varied from time to time, by mutual consent. For example, it is quite usual for pay to be varied, usually increased, on an annual basis.

In some cases, the contract may contain an express term apparently permitting the employer to make changes from time to time. Even with such a clause, any changes would still need to be reasonableas well as introduced appropriately. Additionally, where changes are made to your contract, employers must give you written notification of the change within one month.

However, that does not change the fact that an unauthorised, one-sided variation is a breach of the contract of employment. You should consider regularly registering your opposition to the change (eg every month) and pursuing a claim in the employment tribunal for unlawful deduction of wages, and a declaration as to what the terms of your contract are. If the change is so fundamental that it goes to the heart of the contract, it may justify the employee's resignation in protest. Such a resignation, if a justified response to your employer’s conduct, could be a 'constructive dismissal'.

Resigning is often, however, only advisable where you have another job to go to. An alternative would be to claim that there were two contracts (original unchanged and new changed) and that the ending of the first contract amounted to an unfair dismissal. However, the compensation is small (essentially a statutory redundancy payment) and your previous time with the employer will no longer count towards your continuity of service.