http://scottishfactory.com/scotland/question-about-scottish-employment-law Explore the wonders of Scotland Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://scottishfactory.com/scotland/question-about-scottish-employment-law/comment-page-1#comment-42 paul b Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:47:03 +0000 http://scottishfactory.com/scotland/question-about-scottish-employment-law#comment-42 Most British and even European law is the same anyway. It is legal if you agree: an employment contract is only an agreement between two parties and if both agree to a new one the old becomes invalid I'm guessing you won't agree though, in which case you can not be forced to resign. You could be made redundant after a long consultation process, but the company would not be allowed to replace you outright. Constructive dismissal would depend on how forceful they were about the situation. If you're sacked for no sign/resign definitely infair dismissal Are you in a union? Stand your ground: if things even start to get nasty, get legal advice. If you can't afford it perhaps Legal Aid (not sure how this works in Scotland) Most British and even European law is the same anyway.
It is legal if you agree: an employment contract is only an agreement between two parties and if both agree to a new one the old becomes invalid
I’m guessing you won’t agree though, in which case you can not be forced to resign.
You could be made redundant after a long consultation process, but the company would not be allowed to replace you outright.
Constructive dismissal would depend on how forceful they were about the situation.
If you’re sacked for no sign/resign definitely infair dismissal
Are you in a union?
Stand your ground: if things even start to get nasty, get legal advice. If you can’t afford it perhaps Legal Aid (not sure how this works in Scotland)

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