We had a chat with Ed Heppel, Head of Employment at Rollits, about potential changes to employment law under the new Labour Government.
“No draft legislation has been put forward yet, just proposals and the devil will be in the detail,” Ed clarified. “Labour has promised to make certain changes, including what are being referred to as the most radical reforms to employment law in a generation. However, these things take time to put into effect.”
Labour has pledged to make changes to to day one rights, which includes in respect of unfair dismissal and its qualifying period. Up until to 1999, the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal was two years; from 1999-2012 it was one year; and during 2012-2024 it went back up to two years under the Conservative Government. Historically, the qualifying period has been shorter under Labour, and the new Government is now talking about it being a day one right subject to a probationary period of potentially around six months.
“This could have numerous effects,” said Ed. “We could see more employees deciding to switch jobs with the protection of greater day one rights, plus employers may need to go through a more detailed recruitment process. There’s also the possibility that some employers will be less likely to take the gamble of recruiting new people.”
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