HELPING YOU KNOW:

Many employers (and employees) are of the view that once an employee has a signed contract of employment, its terms can never be changed.

Employers who change their contract ‘templates’ for new employees going forward, but not the terms of existing employees, inevitably end up with an HR landscape that is next to impossible to navigate – no uniformity, historical differences, unequal treatment and the like.

Sometimes changes in terms and conditions are necessary to ensure the survival of the organisation, or simply to become more competitive or efficient and there are, within our existing labour dispensation, mechanisms to effect such material changes lawfully and fairly.

Read more about this in our latest Blog Post (link below) – Judith Griessel, Labour Law Specialist, Legal Consultant and Accredited Mediator

Blog post: https://www.helpingyouknow.com/blog/changes-terms-and-conditions