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25 January, 2023

Government announces plans for new statutory code to crack down on employers that use ‘fire and rehire’ dismissal tactics

Courts and employment tribunals will be able to take the code into account when considering cases, including unfair dismissal, with power to apply a 25 per uplift for compensation awarded where employer found to have breached its provisions

24 January, 2023

Government rejects MPs’ recommendations for it to pilot a ‘menopause leave’ policy and include menopause as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act

Calling response 'complacent', Select Committee says the evidence is 'crystal clear' that urgent action is needed to prevent vast numbers of talented and experienced women from leaving the workforce

24 January, 2023

Senedd Committee calls for four-day working week to be piloted in Wales

Cross Party Petitions Committee recommends pilot within the devolved public sector to work alongside trials already taking place in the private sector

23 January, 2023

MPs and peers to scrutinise human rights implications of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill 2022

Joint Committee on Human Rights invites evidence from interested parties, in particular in relation to how the Bill engages with Article 11 of the ECHR and other international agreements the UK has ratified

16 January, 2023

Regulatory Policy Committee issues statement on the lack of an impact assessment for the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Government is 'shortcutting normal scrutiny procedures', TUC says as it calls on MPs of all parties to reject 'this spiteful legislation'

11 January, 2023

TUC vows to fight new public services strike legislation ‘every step of the way’

The right to strike is a fundamental British liberty, but the government is attacking it in broad daylight, says General Secretary

10 January, 2023

Government introduces legislation to allow it to set minimum levels of service during public services strikes

'We do not want to have to use this legislation unless we have to, but we must ensure the safety of the British public', says Business Secretary

5 January, 2023

Government’s plans for legislation to ‘attack the right to strike’ will make it harder for disputes to be resolved, says TUC

Proposals for public services to have to maintain a basic function and deliver minimum safety levels during industrial action are 'wrong, unworkable, and almost certainly illegal'

22 December, 2022

Economy and Fair Works Committee launches inquiry into the disability employment gap in Scotland

Views sought on how to identify and address barriers that limit the ability of disabled people to get and keep a job

21 December, 2022

Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill receives its first reading in House of Commons

Private Members' Bill makes provision about shared parental leave and pay in specific cases where one or both of a child’s parents has died

16 December, 2022

15 December, 2022

Permission granted for judicial review challenge to regulations allowing agency workers to fill in for striking workers

TUC also confirms that it has reported government to UN workers’ rights watchdog on basis that regulations breach international law

12 December, 2022

Scottish Government launches refreshed Fair Work Action Plan incorporating plans to tackle gender pay gap and disability employment gap alongside a new Anti-Racist Employment Strategy

Refreshed Plan aims to drive the government's ambition 'that everyone can thrive in a diverse, safe and inclusive workplace'

9 December, 2022

Government acts to increase hearing capacity in the Employment Tribunal

£2.85 million investment will allow up to 1,700 more cases to come before judges by the end of March 2023

6 December, 2022

5 December, 2022

Government to introduce legislation making the right to request flexible working a day one entitlement

Giving staff more say over their working pattern is a 'no-brainer', says Minister

5 December, 2022

Protection for Whistleblowing Bill receives second reading in the House of Lords

Sponsor of Private Members' Bill says its provisions will result in a far speedier process than the current employment tribunal, and without cost to the whistleblower

1 December, 2022

Government called on to extend and strengthen flexible working rights

TUC highlights that while millions of people are working flexibly, women are much more likely than men to have arrangements that mean they work fewer hours and take a salary hit