The Labour Party won a substantial majority following the UK General Election held on 4 July 2024 and now sits as the UK Government. In the lead up to the election, the Labour Party proposed extensive reforms to UK employment law as part of “Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering A New Deal for Working People” (the “New Deal”).
On 17 July 2024, two new employment law bills were announced in the King’s speech:
Hugh James have summarised below Labour’s 10 key pledges which relate to employment law, some of which form part of the new employment law bills:
Employees will have the ability to pursue unfair dismissal claims in the employment tribunal without the need for two years’ service. Furthermore, flexible working will be a ‘default’ right, unless it is not reasonably feasible. It is also expected that parental leave and sick pay will also become a day one right.
This was covered in the Employment Rights Bill and announced in the King’s speech.
Labour intends to clamp down on the practice of “fire and re-hire” unless there is genuinely no alternative. It has also committed to introduce a strengthened code of practice and provide remedies against the abuse of this practice by employers.
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