Continued employment..am I entitled

nightsky224

2 Months ago I handed in my notice for a full time position(notice period 1 Month). I was lucky enough to be offered my dream job :j. As my dream job was only part time my old boss asked me to stay on at the old company part time until they found a replacement. This was fine by me as I can't survive on a part time wage so needed another part time wage anyway.

We have since found a replacement who starts next week. My boss has now offered me a permanant position part time which I have said yes to. (for 1 month I will be doing a handover and then will be doing a different job within the company)

I have been working for 1 month with no contract. He will back date the contract by 1 month so I get my holiday entitlement etc.

Question is am I entitled to continued employment? I handed in my notice and he accepted so I am not sure where I stand. (NB before handing in my notice I had worked there for 3 years)

Does any one know or have experience of this

SarEl

I think I got that - but it's a bit comfusing. This is all relating to the old employer, not the new one?

If there has been no gap in employment then you retain continuous employment, but obviously if you are now part-time your benefits are also "part-time". You actually do have a contract - the contract isn't a written document. You could ask for a new statement of main particulars (that is what you are calling a contract), and they should give you one, but it isn't absolutely necessary as your contractual details can be deduced. But there shouldn't be any problem in asking for one, and then you are certain - many employers would consider it good practice to issue them, and so may yours - one month isn't actually a long time to wait, and in law they do not have to produce them until the second month. Even then, "internal changes" quite often get overlooked - so just ask about it.

LindsayO

I went from full-time to part-time and just got a letter setting what had changed. You could ask for something like that. It was just a few sentences long

nightsky224

SarEl wrote: »

I think I got that - but it's a bit comfusing. This is all relating to the old employer, not the new one?

If there has been no gap in employment then you retain continuous employment, but obviously if you are now part-time your benefits are also "part-time". You actually do have a contract - the contract isn't a written document. You could ask for a new statement of main particulars (that is what you are calling a contract), and they should give you one, but it isn't absolutely necessary as your contractual details can be deduced. But there shouldn't be any problem in asking for one, and then you are certain - many employers would consider it good practice to issue them, and so may yours - one month isn't actually a long time to wait, and in law they do not have to produce them until the second month. Even then, "internal changes" quite often get overlooked - so just ask about it.

Yes sorry its the old job. We are very small so I will be issueing my own letter/contract as required:rotfl:

I was worried as I hand handed in my notice that that would cause problems.

L

SarEl

nightsky224 wrote: »

Yes sorry its the old job. We are very small so I will be issueing my own letter/contract as required:rotfl:

I was worried as I hand handed in my notice that that would cause problems.

L

Effectively, provided that there was no break in employment, your noice no longer exists - you have mutally agreed to vary your contract instead.