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Employment Rights Bill (UK): Committee-stage amendments on zero-hours, tribunal time limits, unfair dismissal, seafarers, SSP in NI, union access, outsourcing, enforcement, excluded proposals, and next steps

Published on: 03 February 2025

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On 10 October 2024, the Labour government unveiled the Employment Rights Bill (ERB). The ERB consolidated a series of individual and manifesto pledges made by the Labour party during its election campaign, promised for delivery within the first 100 days of a Labour administration. After completing the First and Second Readings in the House of Commons (HoC), the Bill advanced to the Committee stage for detailed examination. The Committee phase for the Bill, in the Commons, which entails tabling, presenting and debating a range of proposed amendments by government and non-government organisations, commenced on 26 November 2024. On 27 November 2024, the HoC issued the Employment Rights Bill (Amendment Paper) (ERB Amendment Paper) setting out the various proposed amendments to the Bill. On 27 January 2025, following the conclusion of the HoC Committee stage on 17 January 2025, the HoC published an Amended Employment Rights Bill (Amended ERB), incorporating those proposed amendments to the ERB that had been accepted by the HoC...

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