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My wife has been made redundant and her employers have changed her notice period from three months to one month. They said that they had made amendments to the employee handbook and sent an email. Is this legal?
My wife has recently been made redundant from an Estate Agents as they've closed the office. Her notice period was three months, at least that's what her contract indicated, but when the redundancy came the company informed her that they had amended the notice period to one month. She was told that they had made amendments to the employee handbook and that they had sent out an email! I would have thought that a change such as this should have been made explicitly clear, to the point that it should have required a formal amendment of the employment contract requiring signature of my wife. Can you advise what the position in law is and what the appropriate next step might be?
The entitlement to three months notice cannot be changed without her agreement and certainly not by email. If she is within three months of leaving these employers she can pursue a claim through an Employment Tribunal. I can ask one of our legal counsellors to call you to go through your case in detail. The service is confidential, there are no costs associated with the call and there is no obligation of any kind. Please reply to this email if you want to use this service.
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