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Publication of Acas Guidance

My Honourable friend the Minister for London and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets) (Paul Scully) has today made the following statement:

I welcomed the publication on Thursday 11^th November by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) of their online guidance “Making changes to employment contracts – employer responsibilities.”

I strongly encourage all businesses to consider this new guidance on how employers should approach workplace problems that might conceivably require contractual changes. In the guidance, Acas states that an employer should only consider dismissing and offering to rehire someone on new terms as a last resort. Before doing so, an employer must have made all reasonable attempts to reach agreement through a full and thorough consultation.

The guidance is available at: https://www.acas.org.uk/changing-an-employment-contract/employer-responsibilities.