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Updated content
Employment Rights Bill - initial reaction from Brightmine
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The wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill will pave the way for the biggest upheaval in employment law for many decades. Among other things, the Bill is expected to lead to:
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Status | The Government has said that it plans to publish the full text of the Employment Rights Bill in its first 100 days in power, meaning that the Bill is expected to be available in mid-October. |
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October 2024 |
Update to reflect duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment
Key information | The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 provides for a positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment. |
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The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. |
Expected date | 26 October 2024 |
New resources
Commentary and insights: Six tips to get your "right" rewards With your reward programmes making up such a large percentage of your company's budget, it's no surprise that you need to be able to explain and prove their ROI. You need to get them "right". To help you, we set out six things to think about and address. |
October 2024 |
Commentary and insights: Transition to eVisas 2024 - key updates and action points for employers As the Government continues its digitisation of the UK immigration system, physical documents, such as BRPs are being phased out and replaced with eVisas by the end of 2024. The transition means that employers will need to raise awareness among staff to avoid scenarios where employees may have their ability to travel or prove their immigration status impacted from January 2025. Ferzana Ahmed, Senior associate at law firm Fragomen, will provide guidance on what the transition to eVisas means for employers, and the action points they will need to put in place. |
October 2024 |
Commentary and insights: M&A integration planning - seven key questions for the HR leader to ask The work is done, the acquisition is complete. You have survived the early days which have been filled with employee sessions, meetings with key leaders and rising talent, communications to your new colleagues and your own business to keep everyone calm and focused, and so much more. Surely now you can relax and go back to your day job as an HR leader? Then someone asks, "When are you kicking off the HR integration?" |
October 2024 |
Survey analysis and Benchmarking - HR metrics: Redundancy 2024 Our new research exploring redundancy practice and policy at UK organisations. The analysis explores topics such as consultation periods, support for employees during a redundancy process and redundancy pay. If you would like to take part, please do so here. |
October 2024 |
International: Global maternity leave and pay table Detailed information on the length of maternity leave, pay, rights about return to work, and protection from dismissal for all 41 countries covered in the international guides and in the US. Where a country does not have a specific maternity leave system in place, we will include information on the relevant parental or family leave schemes for pregnant employees and new mothers. |
October 2024 |
Survey analysis and Benchmarking - HR metrics: HR departments 2024 Our 23rd annual HR departments survey delves into the evolving people profession. The analysis examines HR priorities for 2025, the delegation of responsibilities to line managers, and the ongoing transformation of the HR function. It also explores what HR practitioners find most rewarding about the profession and provides essential metrics on the HR-to-employee ratio. |
December 2024 |