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Parliament Considering Big Changes to Employment Law
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 15 – Nearly 80% of UK businesses say Employment Rights Bill policies are barriers to growth amid concerns about rapid parliamentary progress and increased costs, research shows.
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Andrew Griffith: What would Norman Tebbit make of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill?
Andrew Griffith is Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade and was a business executive for more than 25 years before entering Parliament in 2019. It is hard to imagine the late Norman Tebbit, that fierce Cold War warrior and no-nonsense champion of free enterprise, regarding Labour’s Employment Rights Bill as anything short of a retrograde lurch back to the 1970s — an era he spent much of his political career trying to drag Britain awa…
The government's legislative proposals to facilitate dismissals and the use of fixed-term employment contracts are progressing to Parliament in the autumn, so the moment for a solution in terms of the future of employees' employment security is at hand, says Päivi Inberg, chairwoman of the Finnish Association of Home and Primary Care Nurses, Super.
New ban on gagging clauses in settlement agreements as employment law reform timetable unveiled
The Government has recently released some updates to the Employment Rights Bill, including significant changes to the use of confidentiality clauses in contracts and settlement agreements and the provision of an intended timeline for the phased delivery of other elements of the Bill.
East Midlands businesses face new challenges with upcoming changes to employment rights - East Midlands Business Link
The government has outlined a timeline for implementing its Employment Rights Bill, which will bring several significant changes to employment law, affecting businesses in the East Midlands. Companies will need to prepare for increased administrative tasks, including updating staff contracts, managing higher costs, and addressing new paperwork requirements. Starting in April 2026, the Bill will […]
Policies in Employment Rights Bill are barriers to growth says Chamber and should be changed - East Midlands Chamber
East Midlands Chamber has reinforced calls for parts of the Employment Rights Bill to be reconsidered after UK-wide research revealed significant concerns from businesses across a number of areas, such as the speed at which the Bill is travelling through Parliament and the impact of policies on tax, employment and regulation seen as a ‘barrier to growth’. Nearly 8 out of 10 businesses that took part in the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) stud…
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