Office relocation - Consultation period / Notice

girl_withno_name

Sorry to nag, but can anyone help with this please? It sounds like he'll be an employee of 4 years when it suits them (notice periods) and of 1 day when it suits them (holiday allowance)

jobbingmusician

It does sound to me as if they are saying that the employment is continuous because they themselves have employed your OH ('Due to your employment by another of our associated companies'), but would not be continuous if he'd been employed by any other employer. It actually looks like a poor cut and paste job, and you could point out to them that the terms are potentially contradictory and not well expressed, and ask if they will tidy it up a bit!

Savvy_Sue

^^^ what she said ...

I've been thinking the same for a couple of days, but been unable to put it into words! Brain fog ...

girl_withno_name

He did ask and was told it's a "stock contract" - I'll get him to chase again because this just doesn't sit comfortably with me, surely he's either continuously employed or not!?

getmore4less

Whats you issue?

Seems very clear to me.

Where did he work before this job.

if it was an assocated company continuity(repeat with job before that),
if not service starts with the current job.

paddyrg

girl_withno_name wrote: »

He did ask and was told it's a "stock contract" - I'll get him to chase again because this just doesn't sit comfortably with me, surely he's either continuously employed or not!?

You're right to be cautious, there is no such thing as a 'standard contract', just a million similar different ones...

Not to say that the hiring manager has any idea what's in or out of the contract, but it might be worth getting them to explain what they mean, so you can cross out the term that doesn't apply and reduce ambiguity. No point in having an ambiguous contract, the whole point of a contract is to avoid slugging it out in court at a later date!

Tiddlywinks

girl_withno_name wrote: »

Approx 45 miles ... taking commute from 19 miles to 58 miles (office is moving from Wales to England, so the new commute will include the bridge toll too, although I'm not sure how relevant that is)

Is the extra commute so bad that your OH would give up his job?

Are jobs in his sector and geographical area easy to get?

Is the company offering a relocation package to cover the additional miles / tolla / travel time?

What formal correspondence has your OH received?

girl_withno_name

getmore4less wrote: »

Whats you issue?

Seems very clear to me.

Where did he work before this job.

if it was an assocated company continuity(repeat with job before that),
if not service starts with the current job.

Issue is that he started working for company X 4.5 years ago, they got bought by company Y 1 year go (but didn't change contracts at the time), now they're moving offices and onto a contract with company Y. A contract which seems to suggest both that they're considered an employee for 4.5 years and considered an employee for a day - depending what suits them where.

For example, he hasn't accrued any additional holidays through service because he's only an employee of this company for a day... but when it comes to notice he's apparently an employee of 4.5 years due to continutous employment, so needs to give 4 weeks notice.

Sounds a lot like having their cake and eating it!

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Is the extra commute so bad that your OH would give up his job?

Are jobs in his sector and geographical area easy to get?

Is the company offering a relocation package to cover the additional miles / tolla / travel time?

What formal correspondence has your OH received?

The extra commute adds about £4,500 to commuting costs and the relocation package was £2,000 (gross of tax, etc.) - he won't be giving up this job until he's found a new one, but it's definitely worth him being on the hunt!