On 10 October 2024, the Government publishedthe Employment Rights Bill 2024, promised within the first 100 days of the new Parliament with reforms including measures on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and ‘fire and rehire’ practices, and establishing protection from unfair dismissal, as well ...
those on zero and low hour contracts will gain the right to a guaranteed hours contract if they work regular hours over a defined period; new automatic unfair dismissal rights for employees who are dismissed for refusing to agree changes to their employment contract unless the employer can show ...
The Bill says that those employed on a zero-hours contract qualify (a concept already defined in the Employment Rights Act) but also any worker who, over the reference period, is entitled to be offered a number of hours of work ‘not exceeding a specified number of hours’ (page 2, line...
Crackdown on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts – new ruleswill give workers the right to guaranteed hours to reflect what zero- and low-hour contract workers regularly work, unless the workers want to work under zero-hour arrangements. ...
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The Working Time Directive was used to bring the rights of UK workers up to the standard that applies across Europe. Without the Directive, UK workers would have had less protection. Equal Pay Should we pat ourselves on the back for having legislated for equal pay before even joining the ...
On 17 July 2024, the King’s Speech set out the government’s priorities and proposed policies for the next parliamentary session. A key announcement was the Employment Rights Bill and the government’s commitment to deliver in full on its “Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering a New Deal for...
Statutory employment protection rights Notice periods Unless no notice period applies – which is typically due to short seniority or special regulation in an individual employment contract – employees are entitled to be provided with a notice of termination. The notice period would either follow from...
An end user hires an agency to provide them with a worker on a temporary basis. The worker has no direct contract with the end user but does have a contract with the agency. Agency workers have specific rights under, for example, the Working Time Regulations and the Agency Worker ...
Before you sign an employment contract, make sure that you understand what happens to your rights if you invent something that is useful to the employer. Many employment contracts state that if the employee invents something, the employer gets the right to the invention. This means that the emp...