Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec
UK employers could see changes to their rights and those of their employees under Sir Keir Starmer’s government.
The news comes from employment law experts at Midlands based Brindley Twist Tafft & James (BTTJ) as Labour unveils its Employment Rights Bill, marking one of the biggest updates to employment law in recent years
The new Bill aims to ban what Labour deems ‘exploitative’ practices and enhance employment rights.
Proposals include:
- Prohibiting zero-hour contracts, replacing them with contracts with regular hours. In addition, workers would receive ‘reasonable’ notice regarding change to their shifts and fair compensation for shortened or cancelled shifts.
- Restrictions to “fire and rehire” and “fire and replace”. The Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement was published by the Department for Business and Trade in July.
- Introducing day one rights to extend protection to employees such as those facing unfair dismissal, those on parental leave or sick leave, and flexible working rights ensuring employers will still be able to continue to operate probationary periods to assess performance.
- Introducing flexible working as the standard practice for all employees from the outset – “with employers required to accommodate this as far as is reasonable” to mirror the modern workplace.
- Strengthening protection for new mothers by making it unlawful to dismiss a woman with a new baby for six months following her return to work “...
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