Employment law dates at a glance

Below shows forthcoming changes. Contact hr@includehr.com for these new statues and amendments

1 January 2021

New immigration scheme comes into force for all applicants regardless of nationality

30 April 2021

The Job Retention Scheme will close.

April 2021

IR35 update: large and medium sized organisations in the private sector who engage contractors through intermediary companies will be responsible for assessing the employment status of those contractors.

30 June 2021

EU Settlement Scheme closes to applicants.

To be confirmed

New law prohibiting confidentiality clauses in contracts or settlement agreements from preventing disclosures to the police, regulated health and care or legal professionals to be introduced

To be confirmed

New law requiring confidentiality clauses to set out their limitations to be introduced

To be confirmed

Laws on criminal record disclosures to be amended, reducing the disclosure period

for sentences lasting four years or less

To be confirmed

Redundancy protection for new parents to be extendedTo be confirmed

New law introducing right for all workers to request a more predictable and stable contract after 26 weeks' service to be introduced

To be confirmed

New law to increase break in continuous employment from one week to four weeks to be introduced

To be confirmed

New law preventing deductions from 'tips' to be introduced

To be confirmed

New legislation to clarify employment status tests to be introduced

To be confirmed

New law introducing tribunal sanctions where organisations commit repeated breaches to be introduced

To be confirmed

Extension of shared parental leave to grandparents

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