Employment contracts form the legal agreement between you and your employee regarding their job role. However, there may be times when you need to change the terms and conditions of your employees\u2019 employment. If you want to change employment contracts, you must follow a proper process. Otherwise, the changes you make might not have any legal force and cause repercussions for you and your staff. Hence, this article explains what you, as an employer, need to know about making employment contract changes for your employees in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If changes to your employment contracts<\/a> are necessary, you must consider what needs to be changed. For example, you may need to change your employee’s duties as part of their role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You also need to consider if an employment contract change is the only way to achieve your aim. For example, if you are trying to reduce outgoings for your business, there may be other ways to go about this rather than making contractual changes, such as reducing your staff’s working hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to explore alternative actions so you can later justify your changes to your employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Once you are sure you want to make employment contract changes, you should inform your affected staff. Additionally, if your workplace has a collective agreement<\/a> in place, you must inform your employee\u2019s representatives, such as trade union officials. If you fail to inform all the relevant workers and employees about the changes, you may be committing illegal discrimination.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n When proposing your employment contract changes, there is certain information you should include. This information includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your employees\u2019 representatives are involved, you should ask them what other information they may wish to know.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n You should communicate the proposed changes clearly and as soon as possible. However, you should also consider how you will inform your staff. For example, you might communicate small changes in person, whereas larger changes may need to be in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\nPropose Your Employment Contract Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n