Contract clause (new job)

[Labracadabra]

I've been offered a new job with a large multi-national company and I've just received the contract of employment. In it there's a clause which states that my place of work is as detailed in the contract, but they can potentially ask me to work at a different location in the UK and may require me to live locally to the new place of work. If so, they will assist with relocation. I feel this is unlikely to happen and is probably a standard clause they put in the contracts but, I understood that if you were asked to work in a new location which was not easy to get to (i.e. 100 miles away) and you refused, that would be a redundancy situation. If I sign this contract, am I potentially losing myself a redundancy if this were to happen? i.e. if I said, I can't/won't move then they'd sack me for breach of contract, rather than make me redundant with a potential severance package?

I'm relocating for this job and if they were to move me it might not be possible/preferable for us to move again as my husband would have to change jobs again etc.

Thanks in advance

Ring them up and ask them to remove that part of the contract - I think it's pretty untreasonable.

Definitely "untreasonable" ! - sorry :)

I guess it is a standard clause but one which is there to prevent exactly the type of redundancy claim you portray.

My experience with standard clauses is that the first person you question it with has no authority and simply trots out the standard corporate line, telling you that it cannot be changed etc. When you move past that stage, you can reach people who are prepared to get legal to review and amend standard contracts and remove catch all type clauses.