Watch now | Employment Rights Bill webinar - practical steps for employers
18 Nov 2024 |
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On Thursday, 10 October, the UK Government introduced the Employment Rights Bill, a landmark step toward strengthening worker protections and creating fairer workplaces.
This new legislation introduces significant changes to employment law, affecting key areas such as:
- Trade unions.
- Adjustments to the national minimum/living wage.
- Rights for zero-hours workers.
- Implementation of day-one rights.
- Potential restrictions on "fire and rehire" practices.
With these changes on the horizon, it’s crucial for employers to understand the implications and take steps to prepare. We recently hosted a webinar where Employment expert Karen Bates provided an in-depth overview of the Bill, examining the expected impact of these updates and how they may shape future workplace practices.
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Our Employment Accelerator Workshops are designed to brief and upskill you and your in-house teams on the legislative changes they need to understand prior to enactment. Your bespoke workshop will focus on your choice of one of the below themes to get your teams up to speed with the crucial developments for employment law.
- Compliance audits: How can a comprehensive audit methodology ensure compliance with new employment laws and regulations?
- Policy development: Which of your workplace policies do you need to update to align with enhanced workers’ rights and protections.
- Contract reviews: How to review and updating employment contracts (including probationary periods) to comply with new job security regulations.
- Sick pay systems: Creating and maintaining new systems to manage the increase in statutory sick pay and its accessibility.
- Labour inspection preparation: How to prepare your business for increased labour inspections and compliance checks.
- Enforcement mechanism assistance: Developing best practice and understanding for new enforcement mechanisms and penalties.
- Discrimination and harassment: How workplace discrimination and harassment practices are set to change and what to do about it.
- Diversity and inclusion programmes: Considerations for developing and implementing programmes promoting gender equality and workplace diversity.
- Upskilling initiatives: What a Labour government means for your lifelong learning and upskilling programmes.
- Parental leave consultation: Preparing for the impact on parental leave policies and their implications.
- Apprenticeship programmes: Considerations for apprenticeship and vocational training initiatives.
- Work week restructuring: The legal implications when implementing a shorter working week pilot scheme.
- Union relations support: Considerations for navigating and negotiating with trade unions in a new legislative environment.
- Collective bargaining strategies: Updating your strategies for collective bargaining and workers’ rights to strike.
- Worker representation: Navigating risks and opportunities of worker representation on boards.
- Ethical business practices: Ensure your ethical practices and workplace environmental sustainability are compliant.
- Gender, disability and ethnicity pay gap solutions: Consider impact of potential new legislation on strategies and measures to close the gender
pay gap and prepare for reporting on disability and ethnicity pay gaps. - Employee relations advisory: Explore how new employment laws will impact employee relations and dispute resolution practices.
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As businesses prepare for these changes, staying informed and having a forward-thinking strategy will be key. Our Employment team remains committed to supporting clients through this new phase, offering essential guidance on compliance, employee support, and fostering resilient workplaces.
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