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Opposition Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill
So what did I miss? I was away last week when the House of Lords began the Report Stage for the Employment Rights Bill. Honestly, I turn my back for five minutes and the Government’s whole employment law agenda falls … Continue reading
Fire and Rehire: major changes announced to the Employment Rights Bill
[apologies for any typos or errors – written in haste!] When I wrote last week about the Government’s road map for implementing the Employment Rights Bill, I was puzzled by the timetable it set out for the provisions on fire … Continue reading
Flexible Working and the Employment Rights Bill
I’ve written a lot about the Employment Rights Bill on this blog. There is, frankly, a lot to write about. But I’ve tended to concentrate on what I considered to be either the most complex or most controversial of the … Continue reading
Implementing the Employment Rights Bill
As the Employment Rights Bill nears the end of its passage through Parliament (the Lords Report stage starts on 14 July), the Government has published its ‘roadmap’ for implementing its provisions. If you have heard me speak on this subject … Continue reading
Fire and Rehire – can an employer relocate its employees?
[Now updated – see below] In the last few months I’ve been going around the country talking to people about the Employment Rights Bill and what it means for employers. One of the central points I have been making is … Continue reading
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Tagged business, employment, Employment Rights Bill, health, law, news
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Will ‘Good’ Employers Welcome the Employment Rights Bill?
The Employment Rights Bill has now passed its House of Commons stages and is headed for the House of Lords. It has roughly doubled in size since it was first introduced in October 2024. Most of the amendments made are … Continue reading
Are pubs about to ban people from talking about ‘transgender rights’?
Honestly my heart sank when I saw this morning’s front page of the Times: I don’t think that pubs are going to do this – but let’s look at what the Times is saying: Pubs could ban customers from speaking … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, equality-commisssion, Harassment, news, sexual harassment, third-party-harassment, workplace
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More thoughts on “Fire and Rehire”
Back in November I wrote about the Employment Rights Bill and its proposal to ban the practice of ‘fire and rehire’. I suggested that the very narrow ‘financial difficulties’ exception that the Bill currently contains would present real problems for … Continue reading
Implementing the Employment Rights Bill
The employment law issue that will dominate 2025 is the Employment Rights Bill – which at some stage in the Spring or summer will become the Employment Rights Act 1996. The Bill is huge, both literally and in terms of … Continue reading
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Guaranteed hours – who will qualify?
How many hours do you have to work before you are no longer on a ‘low hours’ contract? The question is crucial to the right to guaranteed hours contained in the Employment Rights Bill currently at the Committee Stage in … Continue reading
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Tagged business, employment, Employment Rights Bill, employment-law, guaranteed hours, news, politics, Zero Hours COntracts
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