One of the region’s leading employment lawyers has urged business to ensure they are prepared and have ‘ticked all the boxes’ ahead of sweeping changes to Employment laws.
Sally Morris (pictured), partner and head of employment at law firm mfg Solicitors, has taken steps to warn firms across the region as the Government prepares to introduce wide-ranging reforms from 6 April.
The changes are part of updates to the Employment Rights Bill and will include “day one” rights for unfair dismissal claims and Statutory Sick Pay, as well as changes to fire and rehire rules, collective redundancy consultations, zero-hour contracts and parental leave.
Sally Morris said: “From 6 April, a range of Whitehall-led changes to UK employment legislation come into effect which will now see businesses across the region having to be on top of how the changes will impact their compliance requirements.
“These annual statutory rate updates, which were announced last year, will see significant changes around sick pay, parental leave and a whole host of other employment legislation.
“One of the most high-profile changes will be the abolishment of the current three-day waiting period for Statutory Sick Pay. Essentially, it will remove the requirement for an employee’s earnings to be at least the lower earnings limit.
“This means it will be paid from the first day of sickness, rather than the fourth day. The lower earnings limit will also be removed which means all employees will qualify regardless...
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