Letter of amendment and resignation

biscuitstory

Earlier this year I had a temporary change made to my pay and received a letter of amendment setting out the change which I signed and returned to my employer. The letter sets out the terms and the time the change is in effect from and the end date. I am now considering accepting a job offer at a different business and was wondering if handing in my resignation would mean they are within their rights to revert to my previous pay grade or whether because of the letter of amendment they have to continue paying me at the new grade for the period of my notice.

Thanks in advance for your help.

lincroft1710

Your employer should abide by the terms of the pay agreement. But the operative word is should.

Flint19

biscuitstory said:

Earlier this year I had a temporary change made to my pay and received a letter of amendment setting out the change which I signed and returned to my employer. The letter sets out the terms and the time the change is in effect from and the end date. I am now considering accepting a job offer at a different business and was wondering if handing in my resignation would mean they are within their rights to revert to my previous pay grade or whether because of the letter of amendment they have to continue paying me at the new grade for the period of my notice.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Depends how the letter of amendment is worded, but if it's a simple 'your pay will be at the rate of £x per annum wef [starting date] until [end date]', from what you've said it sounds like a binding contractual arrangement. Any 'small print' anywhere on the letter?

Dox

Do the terms of your letter refer to reverting to the lower rate during any period of notice?

biscuitstory

Hi. No small print, and nothing about reverting to a lower rate during the notice period in the letter. It's pretty simply set out saying hat they confirm the additional allowance whilst I am acting up and that this will continue until the end date, and that all other terms of employment remain the same.  
I suppose one thing they could argue is that I am no longer acting up during my notice and revoke the additional pay? 

lincroft1710

You did not mention you were on temporary promotion (a better phrase than "acting up" which has another unflattering meaning) in your first post. If your employer has a good business or security reason to revert you to your substantive grade and its pay and duties, then they could probably do so.   

biscuitstory

You are correct, I didn't, apologies not intentional I thought i had included.