It is not unusual for employers to want to change their employees' terms and conditions of employment to bring them into line with changes in the law or developments in the sector, or just to make them more user friendly.
Recently, however, many employers have considered doing so to save costs in the current economic downturn. For example, by changing shift patterns to reduce the need for overtime, removing benefits that can no longer be afforded, or even reducing rates of pay.
It must be remembered that a contract of employment is like any other contract, and generally cannot be varied unilaterally. Also, each employment contract is a unique agreement between the employer and the individual employee. The fact that more than 99% of the staff have agreed to a variation will not make it binding on the one individual who has not.
However, there are ways and means by which employers can achieve the desired objective.
Read more here: http://www.fpb.org/hottips/452/Changing_terms_and_conditions_of_employment.htm
Author: http://www.maceandjones.co.uk/
www.ukba.co.uk
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