The latest edition of our Employment Newsletter is out now, and includes crucial updates for employers and HR professionals navigating the evolving employment law landscape.
In this issue, we continue our focus on the planned legal changes under the Employment Rights Bill (ERB). Following our January discussion on the proposed changes to harassment laws, including third-party harassment, this edition turns to the ERB’s anticipated impact on fire and rehire practices, dismissals, and tribunal claim time limits.
We also examine the proposed Fair Work Agency, a new enforcement body with potentially significant powers, and what this could mean for compliance and accountability in the workplace.
A must-read for employers is our summary of the recent Court of Appeal decision in Higgs v Farmor’s School, where dismissal following Facebook posts expressing personal beliefs was held to be unlawful discrimination, a case with wide-ranging implications for social media and freedom of belief in the workplace.
Finally, we bring you up to speed on the new statutory rates effective from April 2025, and provide an update on how Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) could change under the ERB. Plus, a reminder of the new right to Neonatal Care Leave, which came into force on 6th April 2025.
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