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UK Government Unveils Roadmap for Employment Law Changes
- A comprehensive roadmap detailing the phased rollout of key Employment Rights Bill provisions, scheduled for implementation in 2026 and 2027, has been released by the UK Government.
- This roadmap follows over 190 engagements with businesses, workers, and unions over the past year and aims to provide clear guidance before deadlines to help employers prepare.
- Planned reforms include expanded flexible working rights, stronger anti-harassment rules, protection from unfair dismissal from day one, banning exploitative zero-hours contracts, and enhanced trade union rights.
- Approximately half of the UK workforce—about 15 million employees—will gain from reforms including sick pay coverage for 1.3 million low-income workers and enhanced protections against redundancy, supported by organizations such as Acas and the CIPD.
- The reforms, backed by new enforcement through a Fair Work Agency, aim to improve workplace fairness, boost living standards, and provide firms with the certainty needed to invest and grow.
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The Employment Rights Bill is about to undergo its biggest change in nearly 30 years. | Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce
Are you aware of the upcoming changes in Employment Law? These changes will impact all businesses, so it’s essential to understand what your business needs to ensure it’s prepared. Join us on 15th July from 8:30am to 11:00am at Delapré Abbey for a session to help you prepare for the changes ahead. See the full details here The post The Employment Rights Bill is about to undergo its biggest change in nearly 30 years. appeared first on Northampton…
Employment Rights Bill: Implementation Roadmap Issued
The Employment Rights Bill (“Bill”) has proposed significant changes to employment law. The Government has now published an “implementation roadmap” setting out a proposed timeline for the implementation of these changes. Some changes will be immediate whereas others are not expected to be implemented until 2027. The Bill, once passed, will immediately repeal the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 and the majority of the Trade Union Act 2…
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