Offering new terms to the employee.

The first step for the employer is to offer the new terms to the employee. He can either accept or reject them. Acceptance must be positive, unequivocal and unconditional. There is no particular form of offering or acceptance required, so it can be oral written or by conduct. However, by doing nothing an employee cannot be said to have accepted the new terms The only time doing nothing can amount to acceptance is when the contract contains a term making this so. An example of such a term would be, 'If you do not object in writing within 14 days you will be deemed to have accepted the change It is possible for an employee to accept the new terms by his conduct: if he changes his behaviour to comply with a term in the offer (for example he turns up for work at a new time) he will be taken to have accepted the new terms.