After 14 years of Conservative Government, the Labour Party have won the General Election. This means major changes to the UK’s employment laws are on the way. 

60+ employment reforms are set to be launched in their first 100 days in office. These changes could significantly impact your business operations and competitiveness if you don’t get prepared. Now is a critical time to sit down and review your HR policies and processes.

What’s going to change?

Let’s take a look at what Labour have committed to change:

Employment rights

• Removal of the waiting period for accessing key employment rights. This includes protection against unfair dismissal
• A regular contract for zero-hours workers.

Pay

• Aim to increase minimum wage to £10 per hour for workers of all ages 
• Extend Statutory Sick Pay to all.

Flexible and family-friendly working

• Grant workers the right to flexible working from day one
• Extend statutory maternity and paternity leave.

Well-being

• Improve support for neurodiverse staff 
• Assess approaches that handle stress and mental health in the workplace.

So how can you prepare for these changes?

Be proactive and use these changes to strengthen your business.

Our partners BrightHR can help. 

They’ve published a comprehensive guide to help you prepare. You can download their free HR checklist.

They can also help with all your HR needs, for example:

• software to get on top of payroll and rota planning
• access to a document library with templates for documents like contracts and policies
• employment law advice from their qualified HR experts.