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Where is the law stating a pay cut cannot be made without agreement with employee

by lennieelizabeth, 3 months ago•Open Question

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Hubby's company is in the top five of the fortune 500, reporting record profits and is fastly expanding throughout europe and america. As a result they are recruiting new drivers and changing the drivers contracts which he agrees to in principle for the needs of the business. He currently works a 50 - 55 hour week, but contracted for 40 and paid overtime for the rest, the proposal is to change to 48 hour week with no overtime if over this!! Also the pay is to change to that of the new drivers resulting in a pay cut of 11.2% which he obvioulsy doesn't agree to because of the financial position of the company. I keep seeing in various articles that it is against the law to cut an employees pay without their consent but which law, section etc., so i can print it off and he can quote it.

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Hi,

There is no law against it I'm afraid. Employers can change contracts at a whim (subject to 3 months 'consultation') and if employees are still working 6 months after the new contracts come into effect, they are deemed to have accepted the new conditions.

It's cr*p.

You hubby can, however, legally refuse to work more than 48 hours a week:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/DG_10029426

by G-Man, 3 months ago

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