Employers can mitigate the impact of new rights on absence by taking preventative action, says NEIL GREENBERG On 1 April the Employment Rights Bill introduces a significant shift for employers: statutory sick pay will now be required from an employee’s very first day off work. This seemingly small change carries major financial and operational implications […]
Employment Rights Bill
Rule change that’s not to be dismissed
ALAN SUTHERLAND considers what to expect from the new law on unfair dismissal New Government, new proposed employment law changes. ‘Twas ever thus. Within the Employment Rights Bill, amongst a raft of proposed changes spanning reforms to the law of industrial relations, family-friendly rights, zero hours contracts and fire and rehire, the most heralded reform […]