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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with information on the Government’s implementation timetable for changes to zero-hours contracts under the Employment Rights Bill.
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- Date:
- 2 July 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
With the completion of the lengthy House of Lords committee stage on 24 June 2025 and the publication of the Government's implementation roadmap on 1 July 2025, the Employment Rights Bill is becoming an ever more pressing reality for HR departments. What happens next and what is the likely legislative timetable?
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the publication of the Government's Employment Rights Bill implementation roadmap.
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- Date:
- 18 June 2025
- Type:
- News
Employers and agencies who hire summer staff must remember their pension obligations, the regulator has warned.
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- Date:
- 15 May 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The policy intent behind the measures relating to zero and low hours workers in the Employment Rights Bill is to end one-sided flexibility and "exploitative zero hours contracts". This does not mean that there will be an outright ban on such contracts. What it does mean is that there will now be a legislative framework, the intention behind which is to deliver a better level of predictability and security for workers. Barrister and mediator Alison Frazer looks at the practical implications for HR.
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- Date:
- 5 March 2025
- Type:
- News
Agency workers will be included in the ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts, as the government tables around 250 amendments to its landmark Employment Rights Bill today.
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- Date:
- 8 January 2025
- Type:
- News
A tribunal has ruled that all Addison Lee drivers are workers, who will now be entitled to backdated holiday pay and compensation for loss of earnings.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
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.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2024
- Type:
- Survey analysis
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.
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- Date:
- 11 October 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.