HR Q - Is this legal

Hi,
I hope someone can help with this:
An internal vacancy was advertised offering a competitive salary, pension, private healthcare & life assurance.
I currently am not entitled to any of the above yet (apart from a salary obviously!).
I applied for the position and got it.
The salary is fine but the letter I got states that "all other terms & conditins remain the same".
I have raised this with my manager (who is based in the UK) and she is going to speak to HR about it. But before they come back to me I'd like to know where I stand legally.
Are my company obliged to provide the benefits stated in the job spec?

Thanks for any help.

If there is a package of benefits advertised with a job and you get the job, then you should get the benefits.

If you already receive the benefits with your current position and they are the same as the benefits advertised with the new postion then HR can say that your new salary is x, but all other benefits are the same. For instance, if I am part of a pension scheme and my employer pays in 10% of salary for all employees, it won't change even if I get a promotion.

If you were not getting any of the benefits (mentioned in the job spec) before you got the promotion, then you have to be in a very strong position to insist that HR amend your terms and conditions.

Hope this helps.

Lufinn

What was the reason you didn't qualify for the benefits before? was it because of your seniority or the length of service? Some companies have a clear policy that employees qualify for such benefits only after a certain length of service. Could this be the case here?

J2K