Today (Thursday, 10 October), the Employment Rights Bill 2024 has been introduced, marking the most significant reform in employment law in decades. The primary aim of this bill is to legislate enhanced employment rights and ban exploitative practices.
The Employment Rights Bill 2024 seeks to end exploitative zero-hour contracts and fire-and-rehire practices. It will give employees day one rights in respect of parental and bereavement leave, sick pay, and the protection from unfair dismissal (the latter currently requires 2 years’ of service). Additionally, the Bill strengthens protections for new mothers, updating trade union legislation and reforming both statutory sick pay and the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW). Another key change is the proposal for a statutory probation period for new hires.
We are actively reviewing the full details of the Bill and will provide more updates soon.
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