Haha tricked you into a very boring employment law thread didn’t I! No wait! Come back.
I have a fixed term contract that is due to expire soon and was expecting to be given a new contract to sign. I have also requested a change to my working hours as part of this contract renewal.
I have received a letter which is ostensibly all about my working hours request being acccepted - the subject line is “flexible working”, then a whole page letter about that subject. THEN at the end of the letter it says:
"Following confirmation of XXXX I can confirm that your position as XXXX has been confirmed on a permanent basis.
All other terms and conditions remain the same."
I’ve been told by email that this equates to a new contract. I haven’t signed anything. Is this a new contract?
Er, pass then. Though I don’t think that you’ve been screwed over and I think you only have to sign something if it’s likely to potentially worsen your situation.
If that happens in our work there are normally two copies of the permanent contract enclosed with the letter (one to be kept by you, the other to be signed and returned to the company).
Sign it with a big ‘X’ and then if you get a proper good fucking here you can claim you never signed it properly. I believe that’s called a ‘loophole’ taps nose
oh right hang on. think my phrasing of the OP has made this a confusing query. I’m not worried about the flexible working being taken away, I’m worried about my permanent contract not actually existing outside this bit of paper.
as per reply to @NickDS the “all other terms and conditions” bit comes after stuff about flexible working and the role now being permanent.
From my experience this seems right. In my company if you get a promotion you just get a letter explaining what’s changed (title, salary, bonus etc) and when it’s effective from. It’s titled a ‘contract amendment letter’ and says that the letter represents an amendment to your existing contract of employment and all other terms and conditions remain the same.