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Government publishes the Employment Rights Bill Implementation Roadmap, setting out timelines for measures in the Bill coming into effect.
New entitlement will give thousands of eligible new parents each year with children in neonatal care a right to additional leave and pay.
Over 3 million eligible workers set for a pay rise of up to £1,400 a year as new National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates take effect.
Government lays legislation confirming that the new National Living Wage and new National Minimum Wage will take effect from 1 April.
Ministers have unveiled the Employment Rights Bill to help deliver economic security and growth to businesses, workers and communities across the UK.
Workers will now keep 100% of their tips, gratuities and service charges following new act coming into effect.
British workers are set for better working conditions as the Government takes its first steps towards its Plan to Make Work Pay.
Parents and carers granted new and improved rights at work, covering leave entitlements and redundancy rules
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Employers are being encouraged to better support women experiencing the menopause as the Government today appointed England’s first ever Menopause Employment Champion.
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.
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.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
New workers’ watchdog will be created to protect the rights of UK workers.
Government brings in law to ensure furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate.
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.
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.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The LPC has today published its assessment of the scale and nature of one-sided flexibility, and recommendations for measures to address the problem.
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