An experienced, engaged HR professional and coach, in 2017 Matthew was awarded CIPD HR Consultant of the Year for a cultural transformation and staff engagement project.
Matthew's career to date has involved supporting and guiding leaders at all levels in a wide variety of complex HR and people management projects. He also has experience designing and facilitating bespoke learning and development programmes and seminars on a wide range of people development subjects and is qualified in learning & development planning, execution and evaluation.
"Can my employer change my contract?"
It is unsurprising that this question appears as an auto-suggestion in Google search. It is one of the most commonly asked questions by employees and when they hear that their employer intends to make changes, Google is probably the first place they’ll go for advice.
A family member recently sought my advice on this very issue. His employer had been in touch to inform him that he would need to start working weekends immediately! This wasn’t part of his existing terms and conditions and there was no flexibility clause to allow for such a change. My relative believed that there was a business reason for this decision, but this had not been openly discussed
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