In this month’s bulletin, we look at consultations about potential reform of the law in a number of areas: “fire and rehire” exercises, holiday entitlement and pay for part-year workers and the composition of panels in the Employment Tribunal, as well as one area where the Government has indicated that there will not be further consultation (menopause).
Following the controversy caused by P&O’s termination of 800 employees last year, the Government announced that it would introduce a Code of Practice on the use by employers of “fire and rehire” practices to change employees’ term and conditions of employment.
The Draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement has now been published for consultation, with consultation closing on 18 April 2023.
The practice is not a new phenomenon. For years, employers seeking to change terms and conditions, who have been unable to reach agreement with employees, have sought to implement changes by terminating employees’ current contracts of employment and offering to re-engage on the new terms. Employees who do not...
A woman allegedly involved in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme with her three sons had pleaded not guilty. Serene Peters was arrested at the border in August after spending nearly thre...