Varying contracts: checklist
We provide a checklist to help employers comply with their legal obligations when varying employees' contracts.
Employers should consult with employees with a view to reaching agreement on changing terms and conditions before implementing changes, or risk being found in breach of contract.
- Topic of the week: Varying contracts checklist Employers can reduce the difficulties that are inherent when they try to change contractual terms by, for example, introducing flexibility in contracts from the outset and tying in detrimental changes with beneficial changes.
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XpertHR's model Contract clause providing a specific power to vary the contract and Letter from an employee agreeing to a variation of contract are two of a number of model policies and documents on variation of contract.
The Variation section of the HR & Compliance Centre employment law manual explains the law on employers' rights to vary contracts.
If a term in a contract is discretionary or flexible, does this mean that the employer can change it? and Can an employer use an intranet to advise employees of its wish to make a change to their contractual terms? are just two of the FAQs answered in the HR & Compliance Centre FAQs section.
