The UK Labour government's flagship reform of employment rights was passed by both houses on 16 December after a turbulent parliamentary process. The bill introduces numerous changes to labour law, including an end to abusive zero-hour contracts and the so-called 'fire and rehire' practice, the introduction of parental leave from the first day of employment, and expanded trade union rights. The bill now awaits royal assent before it can come into force.
Just over a year after it was presented to Parliament, the Employment Rights Bill, which was one of the UK Labour Party’s major election promises, was finally passed on 16 December, with the House of Lords ending a nine-month parliamentary deadlock. “This is a major victory for working people in every part of the country,” said UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who hailed ” biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”. Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said meanw
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