After employing staff, there may be times when you need to make changes to their employment contracts. Employment contracts are legal agreements between you and your employees that establish the employment relationship. While they set out your legal obligations and your responsibilities as an employer, they also detail your employee\u2019s job role and conditions. After considering whether you need to make changes to an employment contract, you must propose those changes to your employees. This article will explain what you, as an employer, need to know about proposing employment contract changes in England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you wish to change your employment contacts, you must propose the changes to those affected. While this would obviously include your workers, it can also include your workers\u2019 representatives if they have them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You must propose employment contract changes to all affected regardless of whether they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do not propose the changes to all affected, you may unlawfully discriminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suppose you have a collective agreement<\/a> in place in your business covering proposed contract changes. In that case, you are legally obliged to provide the proposals to the trade union representative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n There are a few points you should consider when proposing employment contract changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before proposing employment contract changes to your staff, you should consider how you will tell your staff and when might be best. For example, if the contract changes are relevant to individual staff, a private meeting is suitable between you and your employee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the other hand, a joint meeting with you and your staff may be appropriate where the proposed changes apply more widely. You must then hand the proposed changes to staff in written format<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, when proposing changes to employment contracts, you must give clear information about the changes as early as possible. This helps to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When proposing employment contract changes, there are specific points you must communicate to those affected. This way, your workers can make an informed decision on their views on the changes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The specific points you should communicate include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When presenting your staff with the proposed employment contract changes, there are points about the employment contract change process which you should inform them about. You should let them know:<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow To Propose Employment Contract Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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