<prompt> Human: recently received my contract at work was happy to find that while my hours had increased by 30 minutes a day 8:30am till 5:30pm, I would of course because of this be receiving an extra 5000 over the course of the year. I was quiet ecstatic over this relatively small amount due to it fitting into my current budget and finally allowing for me to start saving again. Upon final review before signing off, I discussed this with my boss, whom stated that it was a mistake I had brought up two points, one the extra money two the hours, I asked to which point he referred to and he stated the hours. I am however worried that I will now lose out of this extra pay and as I already have the contract in hand have signed it, initialed each page, photocopied and put the original on his desk. Do I actually have the right to do this? I mean, is he not bound to the contract originally provided? Please help, Its been pretty devastating finding out my excitement has been down graded to frustration.  <response>: If your company signed it, then you have a legal case. If its just your signature then its basically void. It also means youre not required working that extra 30 minutes each day contractually... I would also say, that any company that forces you to add that theres around 260 working days in a calendar year, so that means an extra 16 days a year which is roughly a 6 increase in required work output. So, at MINIMAL I wouldnt sign anything that at least had a raised associated with it that was 6 or more increase... Then again, any company that thinks an extra 30 minutes a day will result in more productivity doesnt sound like a great company to work for. This will not only KILL morale but will make hiring more difficult. Even worse, people will tend to work slower, get burned out easier etc. This sort of moves never seem to pan out the way old-school managers think they will. 