Can contract include "recession" clause?
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The company I work for has just changed its name and new contracts have beens sent out. Mine includes the new addition with regards to my salary -
Your pay is ***** per annum. You will be paid weekly after deductions ***** (This can be reviewed at any one time and a decrease in salary with the current recession, can be altered. This would be placed in writing and reviewed after the recession.)
Is this legal??
Your pay is ***** per annum. You will be paid weekly after deductions ***** (This can be reviewed at any one time and a decrease in salary with the current recession, can be altered. This would be placed in writing and reviewed after the recession.)
Is this legal??
the company I work for (!) is having a 90 day consultation period to review employment contract T&Cs
if there is a majority vote to amend the T&Cs all employees will be given the choice to accept a revised contract or decline them
those that decline will be fired and offered re-employement with the new contract
this is also the same company who have placed my job at risk and have notified me I am in a pool of 2 with both roles being made redundant unless I deliver a new project (highly unlikely in a declining private/retail market)
until my consultation period of 30 days is over (2.5 weeks still to go) I am not allowed time off to seek alternative employmnt
both situations are legal
if there is a majority vote to amend the T&Cs all employees will be given the choice to accept a revised contract or decline them
those that decline will be fired and offered re-employement with the new contract
this is also the same company who have placed my job at risk and have notified me I am in a pool of 2 with both roles being made redundant unless I deliver a new project (highly unlikely in a declining private/retail market)
until my consultation period of 30 days is over (2.5 weeks still to go) I am not allowed time off to seek alternative employmnt
both situations are legal
CatherineJ said:
I had understood that if you don't sign an employment contract then you are deamed to have accpeted them if you continue to work for the employer.
Is that not the case?
that's an emplied contract, you get offered a contract which you don't sign but you turn up for work and they pay your salaryIs that not the case?
in the above situation they are changing T&Cs which is totally different
Edited by sleep envy on Wednesday 13th May 14:13
A contract is a binding agreement between BOTH parties - if they want to amend the contract, they need your permission. They can terminate the contract if they wish, but only according to the terms specified within it (usually dismissal or redundancy). Even if it said in your contract "we can change this contract at any time" I doubt it would be a legal clause (and law trumps contract).
Besides, nobody seems to appreciate that contracts, along with everything else in the world, are negotiable. Tell them you won't sign it and see what they say. Just be careful, as companies can always find a way to make you and only you "redundant", making you miserable enough to leave, hunt out misconduct etc.
It certainly looks from the wording as if the clause was bolted on to the end, which is a bit worrying because it looks like they have every intention of using it.
Besides, nobody seems to appreciate that contracts, along with everything else in the world, are negotiable. Tell them you won't sign it and see what they say. Just be careful, as companies can always find a way to make you and only you "redundant", making you miserable enough to leave, hunt out misconduct etc.
It certainly looks from the wording as if the clause was bolted on to the end, which is a bit worrying because it looks like they have every intention of using it.
had that sort of thing years ago, got asked to drive from croydon to woolwich and got a b
king as took longer than the 30 mins that they wanted me to do it in, added to the list of things that went wrong and everyone whose face did not fit, sort of left...
if the op has another job to goto, then don't sign, if no job, then better than no job
king as took longer than the 30 mins that they wanted me to do it in, added to the list of things that went wrong and everyone whose face did not fit, sort of left...if the op has another job to goto, then don't sign, if no job, then better than no job
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