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I have worked in my present job as a Personal Assistant and Office Administrator for 4.5 years and in that time have had three different employment contracts - re-issued due to reduction in benefits for staff. The first of these was issued 2.5 years AFTER I joined the Company. We (the staff) have just found out that we are to be issued with yet another new employment contract which will include further reduction(s) in benefits and also coincides with the company relocating to offices 3 miles away. When I first joined the Company, besides my salary, my benefits included: Pension Scheme; Life Assurance & Private Health Scheme; 30 days' holiday, plus Bank Holidays; Flexible Working Hours; Bonus; Free Car Parking. Of these, I still have: Pension Scheme; 25 days' Holiday plus Bank Holidays and Free Car Parking. It is expected that we are also to lose the free car parking when we relocate to new premises.
My question is: what rights do I have when discussing/negotiating recompense for this further loss of benefit?
In addition to the new contract, it has been hinted that new employment contracts will be issued and the staff have all received letters informing us that the relocation may include some redundancies - however, we have been told (orally) that redundancies are unlikely, although they were not ruled out.
Not long after my job description was last re-issued, one of the Managers left the Company and was not replaced and I found that I was expected to 'take up the slack' - taking on board the work the Manager previously did. Because of this, some of my other (PA/Secretarial) responsibilities have taken a back seat and I have subsequently been criticised for this, as a direct result of having to take on the additional duties. I have also been criticised for "only working an average of 3 EXTRA hours per four week period" than I am contracted (or paid) to work.
One of the 'duties' that has been dumped on me is the project management of the Company relocation. I must point out that I have never received any Project Management training as such and my experience of project management has, so far, been restricted by my role as a PA to small administrative projects only.
My second question is: Can the management use the Company relocation as an excuse to renegotiate all of our contracts with different benefits being made available or being removed? And, if so, what recompense must be paid for the loss of benefits such as free car parking?
My feeling is that the contract(s) are not worth the paper they are written on because they seem to be re-issued at the drop of a hat. Can an employer keep re-writing and re-issuing contracts of employment to suit the moment?
Any advice would be gratefully received and although I realise that my best option is to leave - finding suitable alternative employment in the current climate is proving to be a little difficult.
My question is: what rights do I have when discussing/negotiating recompense for this further loss of benefit?
In addition to the new contract, it has been hinted that new employment contracts will be issued and the staff have all received letters informing us that the relocation may include some redundancies - however, we have been told (orally) that redundancies are unlikely, although they were not ruled out.
Not long after my job description was last re-issued, one of the Managers left the Company and was not replaced and I found that I was expected to 'take up the slack' - taking on board the work the Manager previously did. Because of this, some of my other (PA/Secretarial) responsibilities have taken a back seat and I have subsequently been criticised for this, as a direct result of having to take on the additional duties. I have also been criticised for "only working an average of 3 EXTRA hours per four week period" than I am contracted (or paid) to work.
One of the 'duties' that has been dumped on me is the project management of the Company relocation. I must point out that I have never received any Project Management training as such and my experience of project management has, so far, been restricted by my role as a PA to small administrative projects only.
My second question is: Can the management use the Company relocation as an excuse to renegotiate all of our contracts with different benefits being made available or being removed? And, if so, what recompense must be paid for the loss of benefits such as free car parking?
My feeling is that the contract(s) are not worth the paper they are written on because they seem to be re-issued at the drop of a hat. Can an employer keep re-writing and re-issuing contracts of employment to suit the moment?
Any advice would be gratefully received and although I realise that my best option is to leave - finding suitable alternative employment in the current climate is proving to be a little difficult.
