UK Employment Rights Bill 2024: Impact on Employers

The Employment Rights Bill introduced to the UK Parliament 10 October, 2024 represents groundbreaking legal reforms and the biggest change to UK employment law since the 1990s. Join us as we delve into the details of the bill, including new rights, enhancements, and row-backs on campaign pledges, as well as how these legislative changes will directly impact employers in the United Kingdom.

Topics will include:

• New ‘Day 1’ rights, including for unfair dismissal, and rules surrounding zero-hour workers and flexible working
• Required reasonable steps to prevent third-party and sexual harassment
• Strengthened provisions concerning pregnancy discrimination
• A variety of hiring practice rules, including collective redundancies, fire and rehire, and trade unions
• Further regulations around developing and publishing equality action plans, where required
• Looking ahead at further reforms down the line