Changing Employment Contracts and Terms
Employment terms often need to change after employment begins. This section brings together documents for employers who need to record, implement, or manage changes to roles, responsibilities, working hours, pay, location, contractual terms, and other key aspects of the employment relationship.
It covers both permanent and temporary changes. That includes agreed contractual variations, probation-related changes, secondments, TUPE communications, and lay-off or short-time working arrangements where reduced work needs to be managed properly.
Where terms are being changed, employers should make sure the change is documented appropriately. In many cases that will also require employee consent and, for more significant changes, consultation.
Contract Changes and Employment Variations
The Variation of Employment Contracts section includes templates for a range of common employment changes, including changes to hours, location, pay, Sunday working, minimum wage updates, salary sacrifice, alternative work, and Working Time Directive opt-outs.
If the proposed changes are substantial, it may be more practical to replace the existing contract altogether. Alternative agreements are available in Contracts of Employment.
Temporary Changes, Probation, and Secondments
This section also includes documents for temporary or role-related changes during employment. These are useful where the employment relationship is changing without coming to an end.
The lay-off and short-time working documents cover temporary reduced-work arrangements used where there is a downturn in available work. They include guidance, notices, and contractual documents for employers who have, or need to introduce, the right to use those arrangements.
The Effective Handing of Probationary Periods section provides guidance, policies, letters, and forms for managing probationary periods and documenting the possible outcomes. The Employee Secondment Document Templates section covers internal and external secondments, including the written agreements needed to record them properly.
TUPE and Business Transfer Communications
Where a business transfer or service provision change affects employees, the TUPE Letters section provides template communications for transferors and transferees.
These documents are designed to help employers communicate the process more clearly and handle employee-facing TUPE issues in a more organised way.
- Variation of Employment Contracts
- How to Manage Probationary Periods
- TUPE Letters
- Employee Secondment Document Templates
- Expenses and Payments Reports and Forms
- Lay-off & Short-time Documents and Procedure Templates
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