Dave Spart asked:


There is currently a rumour at my company that the senior management intend to try to force a few long-term employees, who are employed on better terms than those who started after mid-2003, to either agree to sign a current standard contract or resign. This would mean accepting a salary cut of about £1500, fewer holidays, and a few other changes resulting in poorer terms and conditions.

My questions are:

Is this legal?

Would this constitute grounds to claim constructive dismissal?

If someone was sacked for refusing to either sign or resign, could they make a claim for unfair dismissal?

My employer’s head office is based in England but the office concerned is in Scotland.