Asking people to relocate to a new country with a document, not a contract is a huge risk. The employment handbook has NO legal value in any environment and expecting an offer to remain the same when they clearly state it can be removed or amended is a joke.
Anytime someone invests in something of high significance such as a house carries a contract, for legal protection. I look forward to the sound legal advice you can provide to ppruners showing the protections you have in your employment with CX.
After all, they are expecting to employ from overseas and the handbook really is a compelling document to pack up and relocate for. A promise not to tamper with a document really says it all, if it was a contract they would have no choice but to honor it.
For me that pretty much sums it up, KAboy.
Regardless of whether you consider the current “package” excellent, good enough, insufficient or whatever, our terms and conditions are now simply a collection of policies, not a contract. They
have been and will continue to be amended “from time to time”: they will improve them (slightly) right now as they struggle to crew flights, but we all know full well what will happen during the next downturn (and there is
always a downturn coming).
It took a once-in-a-lifetime black swan event for them to rip up our contracts, but now they have us right where they want us, on a policy document unilaterally amendable on any convenient Friday afternoon. Buyer beware.