Airmic Live: Employment Rights Bill

The Employment Rights Bill will bring forward 28 individual employment reforms, which will give significant new rights and protections to employees and workers.

In this session we will explore several reforms including;

• Reforms relating to the termination of employment and specifically the day one right in unfair dismissal protection, the ‘Fire and re-hire’ restrictions and the collective consultation redundancy requirements.
• Reforms relating to Diversity and Inclusion including strengthened harassment protections, enhanced parental rights and plans to make flexible working the default where practicable.
• Reforms relating to zero/low hours contracts and agency workers including the right to be offered guaranteed hours and compensation for cancellation.
• Reforms relating to trade unions including greater rights of access to unions and simplifying the trade union recognition process.

Participants of the session will gain an understanding of the above reforms and the impact that those reforms are likely to have in practice.

Finally, we will discuss what will happen next, including when various changes are likely to take place.

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

1. Confirm at least four reforms being proposed by the Employment Rights Bill. 

2. Provide further detail of the proposed reforms and have a greater understanding of what changes such reforms will give rise to.   

3. Gain more of an understanding of the next steps for the Employment Rights Bill including when the reforms are likely to be take place.