• UK Employment Rights Bill includes 28 individual employment law reforms.
• The Bill will now make its way through Parliament and may be amended along the way.
• This Insight summarizes key provisions of the Bill, when they would take effect, and what proposals did not make it into the 158-page document.

The UK Government published its Employment Rights Bill (the “Bill”) within its 100-day deadline on October 10, 2024, announcing that it had unveiled significant reforms to employment rights. Alongside the Bill the Government published its Next Steps to Make Work Pay document, which sets out its visions, objectives and plan for the phased delivery of the manifesto commitments promised in its Plan to Make Work Pay.

In this update, we summarize some of the key headlines for employers, including likely timings, what’s in the Bill and what’s not.

Key takeaways for employers

• The Bill is expansive as it proposes to bring forward a massive 28 individual employment reforms and is 158 pages long – a lot for employers to get to grips with!

• The reforms are designed to modernise the employment rights framework with the aim of growing the economy, raising living standards and creating opportunities for all. Taken as a whole, the Bill includes the most significant package of employment law reforms that we have seen in recent decades. The reforms will lead to fundamental changes in key HR processes (such as recruitment and dismissal), a sea change in employee relations (including...

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