Employment Law and HR Update

The round up by Julie Temple and Samantha Randall at Birkett Long LLP covers:
• Changes to holiday pay and entitlement: Changes to the Working Time Regulations include calculations for holiday pay and record keeping with big changes for part-year and variable hours workers.
• Equality Act 2010 amendments: the changes codify EU derived equality rights following Brexit.
• Changes to family-friendly rights: New and extended rights are introduced with redundancy protection, unpaid leave for carers, and neonatal leave and pay.
• TUPE changes: changes to consultation requirements for businesses with fewer than 50 employees or transfers involving less than 10 employees.
• Flexible working: Championed by CIPD changes to flexible working will be coming in including the right to make a request on day 1.