HCL BPO is tweaking contract terms for Northern Ireland staff.

It said, the �proposed changes� relate to non-core benefits � more on aspects such as health insurance cover in case of certain employees, and a shift to performance-linked increment model for those who joined before 2010 and were, so far, on a time-linked increment model.

The harmonising of the increments to a performance-linked system will impact only half of the 1,400 employees working in Northern Ireland.

The company has decided to discontinue with two local holidays, for which the employees will get a compensatory off and a one day pay. �This is aimed at aligning our holidays suitably to support our customers in the UK mainland,� Mr Rangarajan said.