Following the general election, the new Government committed to publishing its proposals regarding employment law reform within 100 days. With a few days to spare, the Government published the Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024.

The reform of employment law was a crucial part of Labour’s election campaign and this was confirmed in the King’s Speech in the summer. With the Bill now published we have a better idea of the proposed changes to workers’ rights. These include day-one rights for statutory sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal as well as further protections for pregnant workers, those on zero-hours contracts and the establishment of a new enforcement agency.

This month also sees the introduction of the new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Extensive guidance has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission about how to comply with the preventative duty.

With new rules on a fair and transparent distribution of tips also in force this month and a wide range of case law developments on issues including reasonable adjustments and constructive dismissal, these have been a very busy few months indeed.

Please do take a moment to consider the articles in this Autumn newsletter, where we provide an update on a range of employment topics and pensions developments.

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Proposals to extend workers’ rights published

The highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill has now been published and...

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