A question about : Can I be made to move to another department?
In our workplace managers are trying to move around all the staff at one particular grade so that they will be doing different tasks at the same grade and with no additional/loss of pay they have given us three weeks notice of this change to fall in line with newly promoted staff.
Our terms of reference (employment contract) have been negotiated and approved by the trade unions and is worded in a fashion that seems to allow this. however not all staff have seen this nor signed up to them. Can they now move staff that have been doing the same job for 8+ years or can the union intercede to keep things as they are??
Is it classed as harassment if they enforce moves on staff that do not wish to move even though they are not being asked to take on any additional duties/responsibilities?
Best answers:
- No, it is not harassment.
What did your union say when you asked them this question? Have you seen your terms of reference? - It's called key person management, they do now want one (or a couple) of people being the only ones who know how to do the job, in the event of a business continuity issue then if , god forbid, these people were unable to work then the business would be in dire straights.
No company should ever have single key person process and should encourage process diversification. - Collective agreements are deemed to be incorporated into the employees' individual contracts, regardless of whether they belong to the union or not. In plain English - a negotiated agreement with the union binds everyone. So yes, the employer is entitled to action this agreement, as it is now included in the contract of employment.
- Employees have to follow reasonable directions of their management. It is clearly reasonable for management to want well-trained employees that can do more than one thing - you can't expect to have exactly the same role forever and ever. I don't think people who refuse to change roles have a leg to stand on here.
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