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Day One Employment Rights are coming -Are you ready? 

Updated: Mar 20



We know from e mails and course bookings that many of you are working through action plans to ensure compliance with the Sexual Harassment Preventative Duty which came in last Saturday -26th October or have booked training from us in the months ahead. We stand ready of course to help with any new enquiries. Get in touch!

 

However, are you ready for BIGGER WORKPLACE CHANGES now being debated in Parliament? Once approved, they will change Day One of employment for everyone.

 

Helpfully, the new government have produced a series of short user-friendly fact sheets which drill down into what you can expect to see as Day One rights and beyond.

 

The factsheets include the following:

 

  • Overview of the new Employment Rights Bil

  • What are Day One Rights?

  • Bereavement, Paternity and Unpaid Parental Leave

  • Fire and Rehire

  • Unfair Dismissal

  • Trade Union Rights

  • Zero Hours Contracts

 

See the link below to access the government fact sheets.

 

 

It is clear the existing legal framework is going to change in a big way.

 

New Fair Work Agency is coming

 

A separate Fact Sheet has a focus on a proposal to introduce a Fair Work Agency. It will become known as the FWA.

 

Basically, it will bring together existing law enforcement functions and, over time, take on enforcement of a wider range of employment rights. This will be a single one stop place where workers and employers can turn for help. It will improve efficiency claim Ministers by ensuring there is one leadership team to oversee work in line with a unified strategy. The FWA will aim to resolve issues upstream by supporting employers that want to comply with the law. But it will have strong powers to investigate and take action against businesses that flout the law, to level the playing field for compliant businesses.

 

At the time of going to press there is no mention in the government fact sheets about the role of ACAS but what we do know is that bill abolishes two current public bodies – the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the Director of Labour Market Enforcement -the important work they do will carry on under the FWA.

 

The bill also requires the Secretary of State to create an advisory board with a social partnership model: equal representation from businesses, trade unions, and independent experts, which will in practice provide advice to the FWA.

 

More coming soon!

 

More will come soon from law makers and we will keep you posted!

 

A wide range of our training courses are being updated with the latest breaking news on these topics including:

  • Basic Employment Law

  • Employment Law for HR Teams

  • Equality Laws

  • Disciplinary and Grievance Policies

  • The Effective Employee Representative

  • TUPE Law

  • Redundancy  Laws

 

And of course, our current hot topic remains open with breaking news namely:-

 

The Preventative Sexual Harassment Duty under the Worker Protection Act (WPA) 2024.

 

Our one-day course arranged in eight modules covers:-

 

  • The Background to the WPA-The Equality Legacy

  • What the WPA means –why is it new?

  • The new law enforcement powers of the Equality & Human Rights

         Commission

  • Definitions – harassment, bullying and sexual harassment

  • Typical issues and behaviours reported to Tribunals

  • Reasons why sexual harassment goes unreported

  • Spotting the signs of sexual harassment

  • Characteristic of perpetrators

  • Penalties, Compensation and Consequences

  • Preventing sexual harassment at work

  • Policy frameworks-what should you be doing?

  • Employers Duty of Care -Supporting Individual Victims and

         Managing Incidents

  • Sources of further advice, help and support

 

We can deliver the course online or direct on your premises. Shorter tailored courses for senior managers, HR staff and volunteers can also be accommodated.

  

 
 
 

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