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    This week’s Employment Rights Bill ‘could take years’ to kick in

    by Jo Faragher 7 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 7 Oct 2024

    Labour’s reforms to workers’ rights - due this week - could take years to bed in and will not all be introduced at once, reports suggest.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
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    Five key questions on the Employment Rights Bill

    by Jo Faragher 3 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 3 Oct 2024

    A number of questions and clarifications remain on what the upcoming Employment Rights Bill will mean in practice.

    • Disability discrimination
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    • Sickness absence

    Manager on sick leave for four years not unfairly dismissed

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 6 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 6 Aug 2024

    A woman who was sacked after being off sick for more than four years has lost her unfair dismissal case against Maximus UK Services.

    • National living wage
    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours

    Voters across political spectrum back Labour’s work pledges

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jul 2024

    The new Labour government's work pledges have garnered support from voters across the political spectrum, a survey for the TUC has found.

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    Study makes case for sick pay rethink to help long Covid sufferers

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024

    A study suggests changes to statutory sick pay could help people with long Covid return or remain in work.

    • IR35
    • NHS
    • Apprenticeships

    Lib Dems unveil 2024 election manifesto

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2024

    The Liberal Democrats have published their election manifesto, including plans to replace the apprenticeship levy and establish a new employment status.

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    Software exec awarded £90k for associative discrimination

    by Rob Moss 22 May 2024
    by Rob Moss 22 May 2024

    Software executive awarded £89,900 after his employer discriminated against him in association with his wife’s cancer treatment.

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    National insurance falls to 8%

    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2024
    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2024

    Another national insurance cut kicks in this weekend alongside a swathe of employment law changes at the beginning of the tax year.

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    • Auto-enrolment
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    An HR things-to-do list for April 2024

    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2024
    by Rob Moss 5 Apr 2024

    Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.

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    Make statutory sick pay available to all employees, MPs urge

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Mar 2024

    MPs have recommended several statutory sick pay reforms, including increasing the rate and making it available to all employees.

    • NHS
    • Local authorities
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    HC-One care workers win day-one sick pay

    by Rob Moss 25 Mar 2024
    by Rob Moss 25 Mar 2024

    Carers working for UK’s biggest provider accept pay deal giving the contractual right to at least statutory sick pay (SSP) from day one.

    • Collective bargaining
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    • Paternity

    Tesco announces pay rise above Living  Wage

    by Rob Moss 5 Mar 2024
    by Rob Moss 5 Mar 2024

    Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage. 

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    Top 10 HR questions February 2024: holiday, carer’s leave and flexible working

    by Brightmine 1 Mar 2024
    by Brightmine 1 Mar 2024

    Last month's FAQs focus on upcoming law changes in April including carer's leave, irregular hours holiday pay, and flexible working.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours
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    Workers’ rights under Labour: CBI warns of ‘unintended consequences’

    by Rob Moss 8 Feb 2024
    by Rob Moss 8 Feb 2024

    New CBI president Rupert Soames says the Labour party's proposals for workers' rights should be watered down.

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
    • Self-isolation

    Covid inquiry: Matt Hancock ‘would have doubled sick pay’

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Dec 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Dec 2023

    Matt Hancock: ‘Having higher sick pay… would encourage employers to do more to look after the health of their employees.’

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