I'm not sure they are legally obliged to do so but when I was changed from weakly (weekly) to monthly paid there were transitionary arrangements in place which allowed you to anticipate up to 14 days of pay to ease the transition.
When my other half worked at Morrisons, his pay cycle changed from 4 weekly to monthly he was given notice in writing and the offer of an advance to cover the change, to be repaid back over x months if taken.
Not sure if it was done out of courtesy or because it had to be done like this by law?
Rachel
I'd have thought that if your contract specifies how and when you will be paid, then it's a change to your contract and can't be done without a process of consultation (with a recognised trade union if there is one) or agreement.
Mr Fran is a payroll manager. I'll ask him tonight what the usual practice is, I'm sure he must have come across this before.
Also, ACAS are a very good source of advice in such matters. Well worth giving them a ring and seeing what they say.
Assuming that a contract is silent on this (otherwise refer to contract) I dont think there are any LEGAL timeframes for making such a change. if there is a change to a contract them the employee is enittles to compensation for any loss directly incurred (this is why its usually consider that an employer can change a contract without consultation if it is offering better terms - loss= nil). it would be normal for an employer to discuss the matter with its employee if for no other reason than good HR management, but also without having the conversation they are not aware of any specific losses the employee would suffer (unfulfilled direct debits etc)
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