Welcome to our first Coffee Break of 2023 in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments for UK employers
As is already evident, 2023 is seeing more disruption to public services with continued industrial action across a number of sectors and which will inevitably have a knock-on impact on the wider workforce. The government introduced some reforms to existing strike laws in 2022, and the government has announced further legislative reform on industrial action and strike law, to enforce "minimum service levels" in vital public sectors (see below).
Wellbeing in employment remains an important focus for both government, employers and employees. There are currently a number of proposed legislative reforms progressing through Parliament aimed at supporting employee wellbeing throughout employment, including extending the statutory right to request flexible working to all employees from day one of employment, a new right for carers to take a week's unpaid leave in a 12 month period, a right to a week's leave where a child receives neo-natal care, as well as an extension to the existing rules providing protection on redundancy for those on maternity leave, adoption and/or shared parental leave and to those who are pregnant or have returned to work from such family leave in the last 18 months. The government has also committed to the Department of Work and Pensions "thoroughly" reviewing "workforce participation" to...
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