Can the terms and conditions covered in the statement or a contract of employment be changed?
The written statement of particulars and the contract of employment are binding on both the employer and employee. This means that it is unlawful for one party to change the terms and conditions in the contract without the agreement of the other. Whilst the written statement of particulars does not make any provision for this, a contract of employment may include provisions allowing the employer to make important changes – for example, requiring the employee to move to a different place of work or to undertake a different type of work. In the case of a change covered by a provision of this kind, there is no variation of the terms and conditions in the contract and the change will be lawful. It is always open to either party to seek to renegotiate the terms and conditions with the other. If a variation of contract affects one or more of the terms and conditions required by law to be covered in the employee’s written statement of employment particulars, then the employee must be given wr
