July 15, 2024
Expected Change | Latest Update | Key Dates |
Day One Unfair Dismissal Rights | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Changing Worker Status | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Changing Zero-Hour Contracts/Right to Minimum Working Hours | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Employment Tribunal Claims | No update yet | Not yet known |
The Right to Disconnect | Government has confirmed this will now be dealt with by way of a code of practice/statutory guidance, instead of legislation | Not yet known |
Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment | Due to be brought into force on 26 October 2024, including stronger duty to safeguard employees from harassment by third parties | Due to be brought into force on 26 October 2024 – ACT NOW. Find out if your business is ready for the change here |
Ending Fire and Re-Hire | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Pay | Confirmed being taken forward separately by way of new terms of reference for Low Pay Commission.
Now confirmed the national minimum/living wage will have to take account of inflation and median earnings in the UK |
National minimum/living wage due to change in April 2025. Date of announcement of changes not yet known |
Statutory right to equal pay for ethnic minority employees and those with disabilities | Confirmed will be brought to Parliament in draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill | Not yet known |
Disability/Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting | Confirmed will be brought to Parliament in draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill | Not yet known |
Trade Union Rights: Especially the Duty to Inform | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Right to Bereavement Leave | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Parental Leave from Day 1 | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Collective Grievances | No update yet | Not yet known |
Making flexible working (or a strengthened right to request it) “the default” | Confirmed will be brought forward to Parliament within 100 days of Labour taking office
Confirmed that this will involve strengthening of right to request a 4-day week in some way |
Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
Extending protection from redundancy for new mothers | Already partly brought into force April 2024 – expected to be strengthened in Employment Rights Bill | Proposals to be set out in Employment Rights Bill on 10th October 2024 |
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