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Parents and carers granted new and improved rights at work, covering leave entitlements and redundancy rules

• Updated: 6 April 2024

Employers are being encouraged to better support women experiencing the menopause as the Government today appointed England’s first ever Menopause Employment Champion.

• Updated: 6 March 2023

New laws will allow government to set minimum levels of service which must be met during strikes to ensure the safety of the public and their access to public services.

• Updated: 10 January 2023

Government is to widen the ban on exclusivity clauses, removing red tape and giving lowest paid workers the choice to work multiple jobs if they wish.

• Updated: 9 May 2022

New workers’ watchdog will be created to protect the rights of UK workers.

• Updated: 8 June 2021

Government brings in law to ensure furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate.

• Updated: 30 July 2020

A new report from the Low Pay Commission finds that the number of people paid less than the statutory minimum wage in the UK increased in 2018.

• Updated: 25 April 2019

Parliament, trade unions and businesses will be given a new and enhanced role in shaping the future of workers’ rights after Brexit, the Prime Minister announced today.

• Updated: 6 March 2019

The LPC has today published its assessment of the scale and nature of one-sided flexibility, and recommendations for measures to address the problem.

• Updated: 17 December 2018