Review flexibility clauses and consider making any significant required changes to contractual terms before the new provisions come in What is the current situation? ‘Fire and rehire’ is the colloquial...

Review your probationary clauses and policies and how you recruit and manage new hires What is the current situation? Employees can currently only claim ordinary unfair dismissal if they have...

What is the current situation? Employers can currently use zero hours contracts with no obligation to provide regular work, to offer a set number of hours, or to pay for...

Centralise how you track redundancies as small numbers of dismissals across sites and workplaces may in future trigger statutory consultation processes and mistakes will be costlier What is the current...

What is the current situation? Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is currently payable from the fourth day of sickness absence at a flat weekly rate (£118.75 per week from 6 April...

Larger employers will need to develop and publish reports on their plans to improve gender equality What is the current situation? Employers with 250 or more employees must publish an...

What is the current situation? The relationship between trade unions, employers and workers is currently governed by a range of statutory provisions. These set out detailed legal requirements around the...

Review family leave policies and raise awareness with managers about changes to family leave and improved protections against dismissal What is the current situation? Parents are entitled to statutory maternity...