Tag Archives: employment-law
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
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
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
Fire and Rehire – Unintended Consequences of the Employment Rights Bill
The Employment Rights Bill is about to enter into the part of the Parliamentary process where the Government will consider amendments. This is not something it needs to do in order to ensure the Bill is passed. With a huge … Continue reading
The Employment Rights Bill – Closing the ‘Woolworths’ Loophole
In my last post I was trying to make sense of 11 pages of densely-worded text in the Employment Rights Bill. For this post I have set myself the easier task of explaining the implications of removing just three words … Continue reading
The Employment Rights Bill – Unfair Dismissal as a Day-One Right.
One of the features of the Employment Rights Bill that has attracted particular attention is the abolition of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal making it a day-one right (see Schedule 2 of the Bill). This is something that a … Continue reading
Fire and Rehire under the Employment Rights Bill
There is a lot to say about the Employment Rights Bill which was introduced in Parliament earlier today. In many ways it really is transformative – its also long and detailed. My plan is not to write one big summary of … Continue reading
Should the BBC have sacked Huw Edwards before he resigned?
Was the BBC wrong to keep Huw Edwards employed despite knowing that he had been arrested on such serious charges? Looking at the timeline I think it’s difficult to criticise their approach. Most large public sector organisations would have done … Continue reading
A Range of Reasonable Responses 