Employer bound by six-month notice period after employee signed variation to contract

Moutrie v Public Sector Consultants Ltd ET/2800049/2011

breach of contract | variation of contract | notice period

The employer in this case wanted to make a blanket variation to its workforce's contractual notice periods. However, the employer got itself into the difficult position of varying the claimant's notice period, while the rest of the workforce refused the change.