The highly anticipated outcome of the recent ‘Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill consultation has just been released by the Department for the Economy.
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The highly anticipated outcome of the recent 'Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill consultation has just been released by the Department for the Economy. We highlight the key changes that may be in store for NI employers and consider next steps.
Last year's 'Good Jobs' Employment Rights Bill consultation set out significant proposals, potentially paving the way for the biggest overhaul of NI employment law in over a decade. We wrote about this here. The new Minister for the Economy, Dr Caiomhe Archibald, has now released the Department's summary of responses to the consultation alongside its official response paper; 'The Way Forward'. This paper highlights the proposals it now seeks to have agreed by the Executive and brought into law in Northern Ireland.
We look at the key changes announced, and how these will work alongside employment developments in Great Britain (GB).
The changes have been proposed across four 'Themes'.
Ending exploitative zero hours contracts
This was a headline proposal under the consultation with a potential range of measures for reform. In its response document, the Department acknowledges the benefit and flexibility of zero hours contract for certain groups of workers...
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