2 posts published by Darren Newman during March 2024| A Range of Reasonable Responses
The right to guaranteed hours is the mechanism the Government has chosen to ‘ban’ zero hours contracts. It takes up 11 densely worded pages in the Employment Rights Bill inserting a new…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
So what did I miss? I was away last week when the House of Lords began the Report Stage for the Employment Rights Bill. Honestly, I turn my back for five minutes and the Government’s whole em…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
[apologies for any typos or errors – written in haste!] When I wrote last week about the Government’s road map for implementing the Employment Rights Bill, I was puzzled by the timetable it set out for the provisions on fire … Continue reading →| A Range of Reasonable Responses
I’ve written a lot about the Employment Rights Bill on this blog. There is, frankly, a lot to write about. But I’ve tended to concentrate on what I considered to be either the most complex or most controversial of the … Continue reading →| A Range of Reasonable Responses
As the Employment Rights Bill nears the end of its passage through Parliament (the Lords Report stage starts on 14 July), the Government has published its ‘roadmap’ for implementing its provisions.…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
In the last few months I’ve been going around the country talking to people about the Employment Rights Bill and what it means for employers. One of the central points I have been making is that when it comes to … Continue reading →| A Range of Reasonable Responses
Under the right to guaranteed hours set out in clause 1 of the Employment Rights Bill an employer will have to make an offer to a worker of guaranteed hours based on some assessment of the hours th…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
The Employment Rights Bill has now passed its House of Commons stages and is headed for the House of Lords. It has roughly doubled in size since it was first introduced in October 2024. Most of the…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
Honestly my heart sank when I saw this morning’s front page of the Times: I don’t think that pubs are going to do this – but let’s look at what the Times is saying: Pubs could ban customers from speaking … Continue reading →| A Range of Reasonable Responses
Back in November I wrote about the Employment Rights Bill and its proposal to ban the practice of ‘fire and rehire’. I suggested that the very narrow ‘financial difficulties’ exception that the Bill currently contains would present real problems for … Continue reading →| A Range of Reasonable Responses
The employment law issue that will dominate 2025 is the Employment Rights Bill – which at some stage in the Spring or summer will become the Employment Rights Act 1996. The Bill is huge, both liter…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
How many hours do you have to work before you are no longer on a ‘low hours’ contract? The question is crucial to the right to guaranteed hours contained in the Employment Rights Bill currently at …| A Range of Reasonable Responses
Labour’s manifesto promised that the new Government will introduce legislation on employment law within 100 days. I’m not sure if the clock is ticking yet. Did they mean 100 days from the election…| A Range of Reasonable Responses
(UPDATED) I’m spending an increasing amount of my time looking towards the next Labour Government and what it will mean for employment law. If the polls are right, it is going to be an exciting tim…| A Range of Reasonable Responses