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The late 20th century was most definitely a significant progressive milestone in the development of worker friendly rights with the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Sex Discrimination Act 1975

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Kaajal Nathwani, Head of Employment Law at Curwens, explains that we’ve come a long way since the ‘master’ and ‘servant’ dystopia of early employment law, and looks what the two new bills put forward by the new government might mean for the employee–employer relationship

The 17 July 2024 marked the day when under the new Labour Government, not one, but two bills on employment law were announced by King Charles III during his speech aimed at supporting working people to ‘ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights’.

The government has said that changes will be ‘mission led’ and ‘based upon the principles of se

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