Welcome to 2023! We wish to take this opportunity to give you a bit of an insight into the employment law landscape for 2023 as well as introduce you to the full team.
With the announcement of the Prime Minister’s resignation, and the General Election set for 14 October 2023, be prepared for a busy but disrupted year in the employment space.
Late 2022 saw the Fair Pay Agreements Bill become law. We have already seen some activity in this space with four applications for bargaining being lodged with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for approval Including:
Fair Pay Agreements are one of the biggest changes to employment law since the introduction of the Employment Relations Act 2000. It is going to be very interesting to see how these applications, negotiations, legislation, and regulations develop.
We are also waiting for a draft Bill in relation to the governments Income Insurance Scheme. The proposed scheme would assist to better protect and support workers whose ability to work is impacted by a health condition, disability, or redundancy. The Scheme works by enabling these workers to have time to recover, financial security during their recovery, and finally assisting them to find suitable future...
BJP national spokesperson and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said Gandhi’s political understanding was “virtually non-existent” and alleged that he lacked even a “fundamental understanding of Indian politics”.