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Employee Rights Bill – Update – unfair dismissal changes Labour’s Employment Rights Bill has now passed the initial House of Commons stage and the second reading is due to take place this month (scheduled for 27 March 2025). When will the changes come into effect?It is anticipated that the majority…

Employee Rights Bill – Zero Hours Contracts In the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay, it set out an ambitious agenda in relation to how to fit employment rights with a changing economy. The government has been consulting on the application of changes to zero hours contracts and on 4…

Employee Rights Bill – Right to Switch Off There are many updates coming through relating to the Employment Rights Bill which followed on from Sir Keir Starmer’s New Deal for Working People. We will provide updates on the changes as and when they come through.One initial proposal was the right…

Neo Natal Care Leave and Pay A new right to neonatal care and leave will come into effect from 6 April 2026. It is expectedthat this will benefit around 60,000 new parents. This is a significant expansion of the existing statutory rights to take family leave. This is going to…

Employee who hid previous dismissal for gross misconduct dismissed fairly​ Mr Easton was a career civil servant who worked for the Ministry of Defence before working for the Home Office. In 2016, he was working as a Chief Immigration Ofc, and he was then dismissed for gross misconduct on 13…