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The UK's Labor government has unvailed its new Employment Rights Bill, including employee protections surrounding wages, firing and rehiring policies, paid leave, and cost of living.

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GOV.UK

If implemented, which could take two years, the law would protect 9M workers from unfair firing; add 30K fathers or partners to paid parental leave and 1.5M to unpaid leave; and weekly sick pay of £116.75 ($153) for up to 28 weeks for those making at least £123 a week.

It would ban zero-hours contracts, with employees allowed to opt into minimum-hours contracts or not; require bosses to allow flexible work schedules; and ban firing and rehiring, which it claims is a "loophole" to replace workers or rehire them on reduced conditions.

Regarding firing policies, it's expected to allow 9M workers to sue their boss, however, a government source stated that employers who wish to fire someone "won’t be trapped in a cumbersome process."

The Telegraph

It also pledges to create "a new right to bereavement leave,"  implement "stronger protections for pregnant women and new mothers," account for "cost of living when setting the Minimum Wage," and "remove discriminatory age bands."

The government is reportedly preparing a separate document containing additional workers rights, including a ban on contacting employees after hours except for emergencies and requiring employers to report ethnicity- and disability-based pay gaps.

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