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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Over a year after consulting on proposed reforms to the statutory flexible working regime (see our September 2021 Be Aware article), the government has now published its response. The reforms were originally much publicised as aiming to make flexible working the default for all but, in practice, the changes fall short of this. In fact,
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Just over 2 years ago, the government published a consultation paper seeking views on its proposals to reduce ill-health related job losses. The details are set out in our Be Aware of 15 July 2019. Now, the government has finally published its response. The response highlights the government’s desire to focus on supporting individuals to
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Businesses may not yet be able to fully open their doors and resume operations as before; however, for some, the light at the end of the tunnel is starting to break through. While it may still be some time until it’s ‘business as usual’, now that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is up and
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