We knew that 2024 was going to herald change for employers if a Labour government came to power and so it has come to pass. ‘The biggest upgrade to workers’ right in a generation’…so said Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, on the day the Employment Rights Bill was introduced to Parliament in October.
She wasn’t wrong…The first in what will be an array of measures to deliver the policies contained in the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay, the Bill is crammed with very significant changes for employers. From day 1 unfair dismissal rights, through to changes to zero hours contracts and a proposed ban on the practice of ‘fire and rehire’, there is a vast amount for employers to get to grips with over the coming months and years.
Meanwhile, a new duty on employers to prevent the sexual harassment of their workers, came into force in October – as a proactive duty, it represents a significant addition to the compliance landscape for employers. At the same time, of course, the employment tribunals have been handing down the usual array of significant cases which will impact your HR decisions, day-to-day.
With this much change in the offing, our webinar is your ‘one stop shop’ to keep on top of what’s going on.
In particular, during our webinar, we cover:
- Duty to prevent sexual harassment
- an overview of the new duty
- tops tips for compliance
- The Employment Rights Bill and beyond
- a round-up and implications of the ‘need to know’ rights
- a heads-up on other rights to be aware of
- From the Employment Tribunal - key cases from the last 12 months including cases on
- discrimination
- redundancy
- issues on termination
- ‘appeal watch’
- What’s in/what’s out
- new laws which made it through before the change of government…
- …and a reminder of those that didn’t.
Audience
This webinar is designed for in-house lawyers, human resources professionals and managers and others with responsibility for HR matters within their organisation.
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