Employment Rights Bill

  • How will the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill Impact Employers?

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    How will the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill Impact Employers?

    According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), 4.6% of adults have experienced domestic abuse in 2024.

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  • What is the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act

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    What is the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act?

    The UK government is striving towards offering better support to new-parent employees, especially during childbirth.

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  • What is the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act

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    What is the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act?

    On the 24th of May 2024, the UK government passed the new ‘Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act’. The act aims to provide vital support for bereaved fathers whose wives, adoptive, or birthing partners die. Let’s look at what the Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Act is, what the law includes, and how your business should support bereaving employees going personal loss of life.

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    What is the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act?

    Let’s look at what the Protection from Redundancy Act 2023 includes, and what the consequences are for not complying with the new law.

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  • Right to Switch Off

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    What is the Right to Switch Off?

    Labour’s ‘Right to Switch Off’ proposal is currently being discussed, with intentions to add it to the much-awaited Employment Rights Bill 2024. The proposal aims to tackle work intensity and remedy poor working practices found across British businesses. Whilst the concept is still being discussed, employers must ensure their business is ready to comply with the legislative change.

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  • Sexual Harassment

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    What is the The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality) Act?

    On the 26th of October 2024, the UK government passed a new law entitled, ‘The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality) Act 2023’.

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    Still no resolution on unfair dismissal rights under the Employment Rights Bill

    The stalemate continues: the question of whether qualifying service for unfair dismissal rights should be removed entirely or reduced to six months by the Employment Rights Bill was once again before the House of Commons today, and once again the Government has dug in its heels.

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    Government launches four Employment Rights Bill consultations

    The Government has begun four new consultation exercises on key legal updates contained in the Employment Rights Bill. Despite the Bill still not having received Royal Assent, the Government appear to be keen to push on with defining the shape of the new employment rights provided for in it.

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    Consultations launched on trade union measures in the Employment Rights Bill

    The Government has begun four new consultation exercises on key legal updates contained in the Employment Rights Bill. Despite the Bill still not having received Royal Assent, the Government appear to be keen to push on with defining the shape of the new employment rights provided for in it.

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    Lords refuse to back down on unfair dismissal rights in Employment Rights Bill

    On 28 October 2025, the Employment Rights Bill debate resumed in the House of Lords following the House of Commons’ rejection of key amendments made during the last Lords stage. One amendment in particular has proven to be a key point of contention between the Government and the House of Lords – that of day one unfair dismissal rights.

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    MP's reject House of Lords' amendments to Employment Rights Bill

    The Employment Rights Bill is now in the final stages of its journey to become law. And after a quiet summer due to Parliament’s recess, the debates now continue.

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    House of Commons clarifies its position on protections in Employment Rights Bill

    On 15 September 2025, MPs in the House of Commons considered amendments made to the Employment Rights Bill during the report stage in the House of Lords before Parliament’s summer recess.

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