Re: Contract & Job Description

I had a similar situation when the company I worked for introduced a company
handbook. At the end of the handbook, it said that I needed to sign a form
to say that I had read, understood and agreed to it (or something like
that). To me that was a sneaky way of changing my original contract.

I informed my manager that it looked like a change to my original contract
and that I wouldn't be willing to sign it without seeking legal advice
because there were some items that I didn't fully understand. I also
mentioned that I wanted the company to pay for this legal advise as I could
see no benefit to me by signing the form.

I never did hear anymore from the company regarding this, and I also never
signed it. To this day I wonder what the correct way of handling this would
have been and whether I was entitled to do this.



"xanthe" <mslemming@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1133260263.988680.180690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi all,
>
> I'm hoping that someone here can advise me on a small issue with my
> job. My company have recently given us new job descriptions to sign,
> and these differ quite a lot from our existing ones.
>
> I've been told that I pretty much just have to sign the new job
> description, but my manager has agreed that we can write an addendum
> to this - apparently it will not be possible to change what has been
> issued. If I don't sign, the company can terminate me and reengage
> under the new terms. Is this correct?
>
> My main concern though is that they are adding some very subjective
> requirements like 'have a positive attitude' and 'must be mature'.
> I'm worried about signing a description that includes difficult to
> measure conditions like this. I'm concerned that I will be penalised
> for being human, especially in an organisation that has had numerous
> rounds of redundancies over the past years and is often going
> through merger / downsizing programmes.
>
> My contract of employment references my job description, so by
> signing this, I take it that I am signing a binding contract? Is
> this something that I should pay a lawyer to review or am I just
> wasting my time because I have to sign it or leave?
>
> Also, at the moment the job description is not numbered in any way -
> it's just headings and paragraphs. Is this acceptable as part of a
> legal document, or should I ask for this to be numbered? The reason
> I'm asking this is that at the moment it is difficult to accurately
> challenge items without quoting the entire paragraph.
>
> Finally, there is a clause in here to the effect that 'from time
> to time I will perform other duties as required of me'. Reading that
> as a plain-jane, that could mean anything from sweeping the floor to
> standing on a street corner to 'increase shareholder value'. Is this
> something I should challenge, or again, should I just accept this
> and spend my time updating my CV before I have to include
> intersections on my reference list :) ?
>
> Thanks loads in advance,
>


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