The King’s Speech has today been given to both houses of Parliament. In line with the Labour party’s pre-election plan to make work pay and deliver a new deal for working people, the speech, along with accompanying background briefing notes, has confirmed a significant number of major employment law reforms. The most impactful include Labour’s […]
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In February this year, the High Court granted a highly unusual injunction preventing Tesco from using so-called ‘fire and re-hire’ to implement changes to terms and conditions for some of its workforce in order to remove a ‘permanent’ contractual entitlement to enhanced pay (see Be Aware 3 February 2022). The Court of Appeal has now
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On Tuesday 29 March the Labour Markets minister Paul Scully announced in Parliament that the government will be producing a new statutory code on the practice of ‘fire and rehire’. The code will also “clamp down on controversial tactics used by unscrupulous employers who fail to engage in meaningful consultations with employees”. The new statutory
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