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New Employment Legislation

In December 2019, the government set out its plans for new employment law legislation in the Queen’s Speech. Much of it will be familiar from the Good Work Plan and includes: Creating a single labour market enforcement agency to protect the rights of vulnerable workers; Requiring employers to pass on all tips and service charges… Read More

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Pre-Termination Negotiations: Implementation Date

It was announced this week that confidential pre-termination negotiations as contained in Section 14 of Vince’s Cables Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 will be implemented on the 29th July 2013. Follow the link to the commencement order.   The new concept of “Confidential pre-termination negotiation” means that employers will now be able to have a… Read More

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Update on Employment Law Reforms

The following commencement dates for reforms under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 have been confirmed. 25th June 2013 Many of the provisions relating to whistleblowing come into force (in particular, sections 17, 18 and 20). These provisions are significant because if the principal reason for a dismissal is that a worker made a protected… Read More

Tagged With: Employment Law, Employment Law Reforms, employment tribunal

George Osborne announces plans for a new Contract of Employment

The Chancellor, George Osborne announced yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham his plans for a new type of employment contract. This new contract would be known as an “owner–employee” contract of employment. Under this new contract an employee would waive their employment rights on unfair dismissal, redundancy, the right to request flexible working… Read More

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