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  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - how HR can get ahead of the changes

    In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.

  • Date:
    18 October 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Employment Rights Bill research 2024

    The first draft of the Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October - just ahead of 100 days into the new Labour Government. We take an early look at how HR is reacting to the changes included in the Bill.

  • Date:
    11 October 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill published: 10 highlights for HR from the first draft

    After months of waiting, the Government has finally published the first draft of its wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill, which will make radical changes to employment law in the next few years. Now that the Employment Rights Bill has begun its progress through Parliament, we highlight the key points from the first draft for HR professionals.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Right to request flexible working

    Updated to reflect proposed reforms to flexible working requests under the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 10 October 2024.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Reform of the right to request flexible working

    Updated to reflect the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 10 October 2024.

  • Date:
    3 October 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Right to disconnect: What can the UK learn from other countries?

    The UK Government is seeking to introduce the right to "switch off", which will allow workers to disconnect from work and not be contacted by their employer outside working hours. Labour has indicated that it intends to follow the models in Ireland and Belgium but with the details of the legislation still unclear, what clues can employers glean from these and other countries' approaches to the right to disconnect?

  • Date:
    12 September 2024
    Type:
    News

    Two-thirds of professional service firms stop advertising fully remote roles

    Two in three (64%) professional service firms have stopped advertising fully remote roles, while nearly one in four (23%) have increased employee office days in the past 12 months.

  • Date:
    29 August 2024
    Type:
    News

    Right to switch off would boost productivity - No 10

    Downing Street has commented on the government's plans to introduce a 'right to switch off' adding that it could boost productivity by allowing people time to rest.

  • Date:
    18 July 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill: Eight things HR needs to know

    During the state opening of Parliament, the Government trailed its Employment Rights Bill, which will make wide-ranging and radical changes to employment law in the coming years. In advance of the publication of the full text of the Employment Rights Bill, what do HR professionals need to know about what is in store for them?

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Flexible working: Making the business case

    Updated to include information on how flexible working can help enable people with various neurodivergent conditions to participate in the workplace.