New model letters on variation of contract

New model letters added to HR & Compliance Centre show you how to invite an employee to an individual consultation meeting to discuss a variation of contract and how to confirm to an employee changes to his or her written statement of terms and conditions of employment. 

• Letter to affected employees inviting them to elect representatives for collective consultation purposes where a proposal to vary contractual terms and conditions may result in "redundancies" Use this model letter to invite an affected employee to elect employee representatives for collective consultation purposes where a proposal to vary contractual terms and conditions may result in "redundancies". 
• Letter informing union or employee representatives of proposed variation to contracts of employment Use this model letter to notify appropriate representatives of a proposed variation to employees' terms and conditions of employment. 
• Letter to union or employee representatives starting consultation on proposed variation in contractual terms and conditions Use this model letter to start consultation with employee representatives on a proposed variation to employees' terms and conditions of employment. 
• Letter inviting an employee to an individual consultation meeting to discuss varying his or her contract of employment Use this model letter to invite an employee to an individual consultation meeting to discuss a variation to his or her contract of employment. 
• Letter to an employee confirming details of changes to written statement of terms and conditions of employment Use this model letter to inform an employee of a change to the contents of his or her written statement of terms and conditions. The employee must be informed in writing of the amendment to the written statement no later than one month after the change. 

Also

Procedure on varying terms and conditions Use this model procedure to set out the steps that the organisation will take when it seeks to vary terms and conditions of employment. 

Written statement of terms and conditions of employment Use this model statement to provide a written statement of terms and conditions of employment in the form of an employment contract to an employee whose contract is to last for one month or more.