Employers must provide employees with written information on the main terms and conditions of their employment within two months of the employees starting work. This duty is explained elsewhere in this Guide (documenting the contract). If there is a change in any of the terms that must be included in this information, the company must give each employee individual written confirmation of the change. This must be provided at the earliest opportunity, but in any event no later than one month after the change.
Employers can refer employees to other documents, the law or collective agreements for some of the details they have to provide. If they wish, they can also refer employees to the same sources for details of any changes.
Employee agreement
The fact that a company has issued an employee with a written statement that his or her main terms and conditions have changed does not necessarily mean that they have. If the employee has not agreed to the change, it will not become part of his or her contractual terms simply because the company has put something in writing. In particular the fact that an employee does not protest when he or she receives notice that his or her terms have been unilaterally changed does not necessarily mean that the employee has agreed to the change.
Implementing change flowchart
