Reasonable Notice

[Bivvysenior]

Can anyone advise if there is a minimum statutory notice period for changes in the duties included in a persons Job Description?

Alternatively, if there is no minimum period set, what could be considered as a reasonable notice period the employer should give when a substantial changes in a job description are being considered to implemented.

[New Judge]

These matters are almost certainly not specifically enshrined in law.

If an employee believes that his employer has acted unreasonably in the way you describe the normal avenue open to him is via an industrial tribunal. The tribunal will rule on the specifics of the case and decide whether the employer�s actions are reasonable or not.

[Bivvysenior]

Thanks New Judge for your answer
It is that a Union official advised me "it was three months" and I doubted his view..
Has anyone got any experience or views what could be considered as a suitable notice period?
I cannot see me going to a tribunal over this. I would like my employer not to bully his way through change without giving some consideration to the long serving and very loyal employees.

[pink-kittens]

HEre is the ACAS guide to Varying the contract of Employment
http://www.acas.org.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=31 6&p=0

If you need more then you should be able to find your answers on the ACAS site
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=14 61

[pink-kittens]

From personal experience I was given 28 days which I would consider acceptable - The ACAS pdf says 'within one month' but I only proof read it

3 months sounds like a very long time to me ?

[thugulike]

90 days is the notice period required for reduction in salary. It isn't the change to the job description which is important but any fundamental changes to the contract which may come about as a result of the change in the job description.

[Bivvysenior]

Thanks Thugulike,
That makes it much clearer from where the Union official was coming from on the lenght of the of 3 months notice period .

[pink-kittens]

You didn't even mention wages in your OP!
Job description and wages are to different things

[leanie]

Any idea on reasonable notice for removal from our company Profit-Related Bonus scheme and being put on a bonus related to my manager's performance instead? I now get paid based on his sales, whilst an admin girl upstairs gets paid for scanning in H&S certificates... Personally it feels like a reduction in salary...
Can't find any info on the web about this, trying all sorts of search criteria, so all help appreciated.