• Employment Rights Bill 2024: Key information

  • Oct 14 2024
  • Length: 28 mins
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Employment Rights Bill 2024: Key information

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  • On the 10th October 2024 the biggest reform of employment law for many years was published in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. In this episode 234 of the podcast I bring you all the detail about the changes to employment law. In this episode we cover: Sexual Harassment ‘all’ steps preventionEmployees who make a sexual harassment disclosure will become a ‘protected disclosure’ for whistleblowing protectionEmployers will be liable to third party harassmentRemoval of the unfair dismissal qualifying periodIntroduction of a statutory probation periodRegulation on zero and low hours contractsAdditional rights for those on zero hours or low hour contractsAdditional pregnancy protection from dismissalAdditional protection for those who take family leaveEnd to employers ability to dismiss employees who refuse a change to their contract termsAdditional requirements for employers to justify the decision to refuse a request for flexible workingRemoval of the waiting period for statutory sick pay so it will be available from day 1 of employmentBereavement leave available for allPaternity and parental leave will be available from day one of employmentChange to how you calculate the numbers for collective redundancyCreation of a fair work agencyTrade Union reform including requirement for employers to set out in a written statement that the worker has the right to join a trade union You can read the full bill here: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3737 Sexual Harassment prevention paperwork For £100 plus VAT you can now download the following documents to get you started with your obligation to prevent sexual harassment: Sexual harassment risk assessment – organisation wideSexual Harassment Policy Template & Guidance NoteSexual Harassment Investigation flow chartNotice to issue to all staffTraining recordTimetable for annual reviewInvestigation guidance for managers You can download now here: Sexual Harassment Prevention Documents for Employers Training for your Team Would you like to arrange training for your team to reduce the risk of both unhappy employees and claims being made against you? Please get in touch for a no obligation discussion, we can offer training anywhere in the UK in person or delivered remotely via MS Teams. Please drop me an email alison@realemploymentlawadvice.co.uk Fixed Price Advice from Real Experts As part of our HR Harbour annual subscription service for employers we provide guidance and training for employers, supervisors and managers. If you would like to know more about the HR Harbour Service and how you can get unlimited support from as little as £210 per month please contact me for a no obligation discussion – alison@realemploymentlawadvice.co.uk or you can find full details here: HR Harbour Don’t forget you can contact us by telephone 01983 897003, 01722 653001, 020 3470 0007, 0191 375 9694 or 023 8098 2006 We have a variety of free documents and letters which are available to download here: DIY Documents We are also on YouTube! You can find a range of topics and also listen to this podcast on YouTube here: YOUTUBE Zoes Law Raising awareness of melanoma and skin cancer. You can find more information here: https://www.facebook.com/zoepanayilaw Photo by Deniz Fuchidzhiev on Unsplash
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