You will know from our previous article, that the Employment Rights Bill has a long way to go before its implementation. Central to many of the reforms that are set out within it, is the process of public consultation. Public consultation seeks input from key stakeholders, whether this is from employees themselves, business, trade unions or professional organisation’s and bodies. This is the opportunity for the public to contribute to the formation of future legislation.
On Monday 21 October, two new consultations were published:
- Making Work Pay: Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay
- Making Work Pay: Collective Redundancy and Fire & Rehire.
Both consultations are now open and run until 2 December 2024. As an employer, you can have your say by sharing your views either by responding via an online form, email, or post. You can find more information and submit your responses using the links below:
On Monday, 21 October, two new public consultations were launched:
- Consultation on Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay
- Consultation on Collective Redundancy and Fire & Rehire
Additionally, new factsheets related to the Employment Rights Bill were published yesterday, covering key areas such as:
- Employment Rights Bill overview
- Adult Social Care Negotiating Body
- Bereavement, Paternity and Unpaid Parental Leave
- Fair Work Agency
- Fire & Re-hire
- Schools Support Staff Negotiating Body
- Statutory Sick Pay
- Trade Unions
- Unfair Dismissal
- Zero Hour Contract.
We are currently reviewing each of the new factsheets and will continue to provide clarity in these areas in the coming weeks and months, so keep an eye out on all socials, and sign up to our weekly newsletter for all employment law updates.
We will be actively participating in all of the public consultations so that we can share our experiences and insights to help in the development of new employment protections and working practices.
If you need any support or reassurance about how these upcoming changes may affect your business or how to prepare, feel free to reach out, we offer a HR Advice Line where you can speak directly with one of our HR experts for free.
