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Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025 – Slides

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̶̶̶̶Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Industrial relations / actionNext steps• Written statement of right to join a TU• Access agreements• Minimum service levels legislation repealed• Statutory recognition made easier e.g. no requirement to show 40%of bargaining unit in support• Industrial action reformssimple majority in ballotless information required on ballot paperno turnout requirement14 days’ notice 7 days’ notice• Protection against detriments short of dismissal• Consultation responseawaited• Regulations setting out theunderlying detailWhen?• MSLs removed on day ERBpassed• Reversal of TU Act 2016points 2 months later• Timing of other reforms to beconfirmed

Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Employment Rights Bill round-up – part 1Flexible workingSSPDay one rightsET time limits• Employer only able to refuse arequest where it is ‘reasonable’for it to do so on one or more ofthe existing eight statutorygrounds• Must state the grounds forrefusal and why it considersthat it is reasonable to refusethe request on those grounds• Available from first day ofabsence• Available to those earningbelow Lower Earnings Limit• New rate = lower of flat rate(currently £116.75) or apercentage of normal weeklyearnings• Paternity leave qualifying period(26 weeks) to be removed• Unpaid parental leave qualifyingperiod (1 year) to be removed• Time limit to bring employmenttribunal claims to increase from3 to 6 months