Hello and welcome to the first employment video for 2023. My name's Paul Griffin and I'm Head of the Norton Rose Fulbright Employment Team in EMEA. In this video I am going to highlight some of the changes to employment law which are proposed for this year. It looks like it could be a busy year for HR and employment specialists.
One of the most significant pieces of legislation is the Retained EU law (Revocation and Reform) Bill which, as currently drafted, will see large parts of retained EU law revoked automatically on 31 December 2023 unless ministers decide to preserve or replace the laws before that date or delay the revocation until 23 June 2026. This has the potential to have a significant impact on areas of employment law. This includes, TUPE, laws relating to fixed-term and part-time employees, working time and agency workers. The main debate has been around the short-time frame this Bill sets out - although it's unlikely that decisions will be made on all areas of retained EU law by the end of the year, we will see government departments beginning to shape any areas for reform. The concern is that we run the risk of laws being either repealed without adequate replacement or substituted with laws that have not had the usual level of consultation. This means a lot of uncertainty - we may not know which measures are being preserved, and which are not, until very close to the sun setting deadline.
Regardless of what happens with the EU Retained law bill, there are...
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