Maternity Employment Law - guidance needed Post Reply

[ElFen]

Hello,

Is anybody out there an employment lawyer / HR professional who could give me a quick bit of guidance? My company has changed our maternity policy without consultation (reducing the amount paid dramatically) and I want to understand if they can do this or not. They simply updated the company handbook and placed a new version on sharepoint without any notification. If anyone can spare me a few minutes I can outline the details further. Just want to understand whether I can issue a dispute against the change or not as if consulted I would have raised my discontent and if asked I would not have signed to accept the change.

Thanks all.

[AlisonH]

Hi there - I'm an employment lawyer. Whether your employer can change their policy depends on whether it's contractual or non-contractual. Occcasionally, policies that started as non-contractual can end up as incorporated into the contract if it can be shown that everyone intended the terms to be binding.
This is all subject to the statutory minimums also of course.
PM me if you want to discuss further..
(my little disclaimer: while this is a very general guide to the law, it can't be relied on as individual legal advice as everyone's circumstances are different.)
Best, Alison