Changes to Employment Terms
Following initial employment there is wide scope for the employment relation to change during the employment period encompassing inter alia roles, responsibilities and promotion, changes to employment legislation, working hours and conditions, salary and wages, location of work and more. It is recommended that amendments to the employee/employer relationship be properly documented providing for employee consent and for significant changes employee consultation (and collective consultation for 20 or more employees). The document templates within this section provide for dealing with probationary periods, non specific amendments to the terms of employment, secondment and a selection of restrictive covenant clauses to cover changes to roles and responsibilities. Templates for changes in respect of redundancy, settlements, dismissal, homeworking, flexible working are provided for in separate sections of Employment and provided within "Additional Templates".
If changes to the terms of employment are substantial it may be practical to replace the original contract of employment. A full choice of alternative employment agreements can be downloaded from Contracts of Employment covering a range of full time and part time employment, sales, management, directors, internship and hospitality.
The How to Amend Employment Terms selection provides letter templates dealing with 48 Working Time Directive, alternative work, alteration to employment terms, employment contract updates due to legislation changes, change of location, Sunday working, minimum wage changes, and salary reduction and sacrifice. It also includes a range of TUPE related letters. Each of these will help ensure the employer is protected when making variations to the employment relationship.
Probationary periods are a formal mechanism (but not a legal requirement) to enable employers to assess new employees and new roles for employees at an early stage. The Effective Handing of Probationary Periods includes Guidance Notes and a Policy as well as a collection of letters and forms to enable and document the different courses of action that could occur during the probationary period.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Strict Regulations (TUPE) protects employees' rights where a business is transferred or a service contract outsourced (sometimes insourced). The selection of TUPE Letters provides a range of templates for transferors and transferees to ensure the process is communicated and handled properly.
Secondments are temporary arrangements where an employee may be assigned to work for another team/department or another company. Such arrangements require written agreement and consent (assuming the employees contract does not include a robust mobility/flexibility clause). The Employee Secondment Document Templates provides a relevant policy and letter agreements for both internal and external secondments and an agreement between the employer and the company (Host) to which the secondment is made.
Please click on the links below to view the list of templates available within Managing Contracts of Employment:
- How to Amend Employment Terms
- Effective Handling of Probationary Periods
- TUPE Letters
- Employee Secondment Document Templates
- Expenses and Payments Reports and Forms
Changes to Employment Terms is part of Employment. Just £38.50 + VAT provides unlimited downloads from Employment for 1 year.