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UK Announces Several New Employment Policies

Above: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (2L) at the first meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions at Queen Elizabeth House on October 11, 2024, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Image copyright: Andy Buchanan-WPA Pool/Pool/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • 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.

  • 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.


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