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Employment Rights Act: Preparing for change: The impact of changes to unfair dismissal

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When the Employment Rights Bill was published in October 2024, the headline measure was the proposal to make unfair dismissal a ‘day 1 right’ by removing the qualifying period. At the 11th hour a series of defeats in the House of Lords forced the government to U-turn on that proposal. Instead, the qualifying period for […]

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The Future of Work: Insights into the new Employment Rights Bill: #1: Making unfair dismissal a day one right

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The Employment Rights Bill 2024 (Bill), which had its first reading on 10 October, will transform the employment law landscape. In the first of a series of articles focussing on specific measures in the wide-ranging Bill, we start by looking at the impact of the removal of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal. Since the

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King’s Speech confirms major employment law reforms  

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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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