Changing Terms & Conditions of Employment - Best Practice

Introduction

Inevitably during the life of the employment relationship an employer will want or need to make changes to an employee’s contract of employment. These are often uncontroversial and will be agreed by the employee without difficulty.

However, there may be occasions when an employer wishes or needs to make changes which are more likely to be challenged by the employee or even refused. In such cases care needs to be taken to ensure that the changes are made lawfully and without risk to the employer.

This webinar will cover the various types of contractual provisions, the best way to implement changes to these, if possible, and particular areas which require special consideration.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The contractual rights contained in a contract of employment, such as express written provisions, implied terms and statutory rights
• Whether there is a contractual right to vary the contractual terms and if so the limitations on such a right
• How to implement a legally binding change to the contract, including consultation, consent or if no agreement is reached, dismissing the employee and offering to re-engage them on new terms
• Particular circumstances which impact on the employer's ability to changes to terms of employment such as changes in the context of a TUPE transfer or an ICE consultation
• Issues to watch out for such as changes which would constitute discrimination

This webinar was recorded on 11th February 2019