employment rights bill updates
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Equal pay consultation: new duties for outsourcing arrangements
The Government’s Equal Pay and Pay Discrimination Consultation proposes a significant extension of pay equality obligations through a new...
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Employment Rights Act Update #23 – Fair Work Agency and holiday pay enforcement and compliance
Holiday compliance and enforcement are on the Government's mind this week - maybe Mr Starmer feels he has holiday owed to him before he...
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Employment Rights Act Update #22 – workplace and electronic balloting
We can usually rely on August to be a relatively fallow month for HR and employment legislation; 2026 is proving the exception to the...
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Employment Rights Update #21 – Zero-hours consultation: Part two
The second part of the Government’s intention to provide more predictability for workers on zero-hour contracts and low guaranteed-hour...
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Employment Rights Update #21 – Zero-hours consultation: Part one
With the furore and drama currently plaguing the Government, there was some hope amongst employers that the Guaranteed Hours Offer (GHO)...
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Employment Rights Act update #20 – implementation, consultation and an updated hub
My daughter tells me she's ‘locked in’ with her A-level revision; I feel like I, too, have been ‘locked in’ with the recent flurry of ERA...
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Employment Rights Act update #19 – trade union access
We know that the present Government wants to increase union membership and involvement in the workplace and we know what measures in the...
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Paid holiday records – are you keeping them long enough?
The requirement for all employers to keep records of annual leave for six years will come into force on 6 April 2026. It’s not an...
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Employment Rights Act update #18 – more consultations
Two more consultations have been published by the Government. Neither are the life and soul of the party but nevertheless, they are...
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Employment Rights Act update #17 – new trade union legislation in force
As per our last update, 18 February 2026 marked three months since the ERA received Royal Assent and the commencement date for various...
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Employment Rights Act – Update #16 – what’s occurring?
It's A-level season in our house; the mocks are over, the real thing is nigh and the panic is rising (maybe that's just in me!!). It felt...
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Employment Rights Bill – Update #15 – it’s agreed… at last
As I pen this, I am imagining HM King Charles III sitting at his breakfast table and down plonks a 300-page document, splashing the milk...
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