Employment Law News Updates and HR Articles
Employment Rights Bill
An Overview of The Employment Rights BillLast week, the Government released their Employment Rights Bill before Parliament, which outlined a series of commitments made by the Government to protect workers' rights and to “make work pay”.Whilst there is...
Let’s Rethink
Let's Rethink: A new campaign to eliminate stigma and discrimination of people with severe mental illnessRethink Mental Illness has launched a new campaign, Let’s Rethink, following a recent survey with YouGov that reported on the impacts of severe mental...
Recruitment Ghosting
Recruitment ghosting has affected a quarter of UK employers in the last 12 monthsRecent research by the CIPD suggests a rise in candidates withdrawing from job offers that they had initially accepted and ghosting their prospective employers.With a...
Duty to prevent sexual harassment
In February we reported on the changes to The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 which places greater responsibilities on employers to prevent sexual harassment.This law will come into effect on the 26th of October 2024.From this...
Important changes to tipping
This month, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (also known as the Tipping Act) has come into force and introduces new requirements for employers to distribute all tips, gratuities and/or service charges fairly and transparently to their workers,...
Government plans to boost employment rights
In the King’s speech yesterday, Labour set out its plans for the next few months, referencing “legislation to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights”.The details are likely to include the following:Making parental leave, sick pay and...
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