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Case of the week: Changes to terms and conditions

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Bateman and others v Asda Stores Ltd [2010] IRLR 370 EAT (2 other reports)
- Contracts of employment: Express variation provision allowed employer to impose new pay arrangements without consent
  
  Date:
  
  13 April 2010
  
  In Bateman and others v Asda Stores Ltd EAT/0221/09, the EAT held that the employer was entitled to change its employees' pay arrangements without their consent because it had reserved a clear contractual right to make unilateral variations to their terms and conditions of employment.
- Bateman and others v Asda Stores Ltd
  
  Date:
  
  2 March 2010
  
  The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employer can reserve the right to vary employees' contracts unilaterally. Although varying a contractual term without notice or consultation can amount to a breach of the implied term of mutual trust and confidence, it was not asserted that there had been such a breach in this case and the employer's unilateral variation of a pay regime was therefore valid.

This week's case of the week, provided by DLA Piper, covers changes to terms and conditions.

Bateman v Asda Stores EAT/0221/09

Facts

Asda employed some store staff on a standard rate pay structure (the "old regime") and some on a top rate pay structure (the "new regime").

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Published date: 20 April 2010
Publisher: RBI
Source: Personnel Today

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