Contractual Employment Policies: Court of Appeal restricts employer’s room for movement

A recent decision highlights the lack of flexibility for employers who have contractual employment policies. Liz Parkin examines the case ‘In practice, contractual terms may arise from a number of sources beyond the employment contract itself and it is these additional sources that often lead to disputes. Staff handbooks are one such source.’ Contractual terms …
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Contracts Of Employment: Imposing changes without consent

Three recent cases have highlighted the difficulties employers face if they wish to make a unilateral variation to employees’ terms and conditions, writes Sarah Parkin ‘Many employers do include unilateral variation clauses in contracts of employment purporting to give them a general power to change terms and conditions unilaterally.’ Changing terms and conditions of employment …
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