What 'day one rights' could mean for employees and their bosses - The Week
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Workers have been promised a major overhaul of workplace rights but concerns are emerging even before MPs have started debating the flagship legislation.
The Employment Rights Bill was included in the King's Speech, promising to "introduce a new deal for working people to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights".
It contains "welcome proposals" to strengthen statutory sick pay and parental leave, said People Management, but plans to remove the unfair dismissal qualifying period as part of new "day one" employment rights, will "arguably have the most wide-ranging impact".
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What are 'day one' employment rights?
Currently, employees are protected against unfair dismissal after two years and may only qualify for certain benefits after a similar period.
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