Legal questions about employment contracts?

Questioner

My daughter's employer is going to force her to switch from two to three shifts. She has a permanent contract for 32 hours a week. Can he force her to do this? Suppose they terminate the employment contract by mutual consent, she is then entitled to unemployment benefits. She has been employed by this employer for 12 years.

Lawyer

The employment conditions cannot simply be changed unilaterally. There must be a compelling business interest for the employer to be able to 'push this through'. With a correctly drawn up termination agreement, the employee can claim unemployment benefits. If desired, I can assist her with this. In that case, please contact me directly?