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Hot Topics in Employment

Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Employment Rights Bill round-up – part 2Bereavementleave• A new ‘day one’ right tobereavement leave to beintroduced• Length of leave to be confirmed(min. one week)• Eligibility criteria to beconfirmedPregnancy and newparents• Unlawful to dismiss pregnantemployees and new motherswithin 6 months of return towork, except in specificcircumstances• More detail to be confirmedGender equalityaction plan• Large employers (250 or moreemployees) to be required tocreate and publish genderequality action plans• Steps to address gender paygap and to support employeesthrough the menopauseFair Work Agency• A new single enforcement bodyto be established• To enforce certain employmentlaw rights, such as NMW,holiday pay and SSP

Hot Topics in Employment Law 2025Further equality reforms• Pay gap reporting obligations extended to include ethnicity anddisability pay gap reporting• Equal pay protections set to apply when services are outsourced• Equal pay rules to protect against pay discrimination on thegrounds of race or disability• Introduce a regulatory and enforcement unit for equal payNext steps• Equality (Race andDisability) BillWhen?• During the currentParliamentary session