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Changes in works contract
My employer wants to change my contract of employment.. He is introducing a banked hrs scheme..He wants to be able to tell us to take a day off when work is short. He will bank those hrs for us and when work picks up we can pay them back. He wants to be able to do this by only giving us 2 days notice. And we must agree to pay back the hours on any shift in any department.. Is this legal?
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He must follow some rules in order to change your working hours etc but as long as he does this it is legal
http:// www.dir ect.gov ...ondi tions/d g_10028 079
Of course you dont have to agree but you may find yourself unemplyed
Try ACAS http:// www.aca s.org.u ...x.as px?arti cleid=1 461 for further discussions
He must follow some rules in order to change your working hours etc but as long as he does this it is legal
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Of course you dont have to agree but you may find yourself unemplyed
Try ACAS http://
I can see what he wants.. If there is not enough work for everyone for a full week he would tell some of us to say take Friday off. He would then bank those hours the maybe a few weeks or months later, he could ask us to payback those hours by working overtime without paying us for it because he has already paid for those hrs.
As has been said it is possible if you agree to the changes to your contract of employment. Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, there are a number of ways of varying the terms of the contract which can happen quite frequently the most likely being by agreement. It should not be done unilaterally and by dismissal and re-engagement can be dangerous.
If it assists your company and possibly helps them to stay in business it may be to your advantage. I suggest you talk to your colleagues as there is strength in numbers and if you are a member of a trade union get them involved. If you wish to see what can happen where an employer seeks to vary the terms of contract unilaterally look at the well known case of Robertson v British Gas Corp 1983.
If it assists your company and possibly helps them to stay in business it may be to your advantage. I suggest you talk to your colleagues as there is strength in numbers and if you are a member of a trade union get them involved. If you wish to see what can happen where an employer seeks to vary the terms of contract unilaterally look at the well known case of Robertson v British Gas Corp 1983.