Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (‘ERB’)
Last week, over 200 pages of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill were published in response to consultation with various stakeholders. These amendments are wide ranging and cover a number of the new protections, including changes to zero hours contracts, sick pay, trade union law and many other areas. In this article, Penny Morrison summarises […]
Labour’s New Deal for Working People
The New Deal is aimed at improving the lives of working people by strengthening their individual and collective labour rights. The authors examine the more radical concepts. Labour’s promises include: • Banning zero hours contracts;• Removing the qualifying period for certain employment law rights;• Banning ‘fire and rehire’;• Introducing collectively bargained fair pay agreements;• Introducing […]