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UK General Election 2024: Pre-election period and wash-up—implications for employment Bills and statutory Codes (fire and rehire, tips, predictable work patterns)

Published on: 24 May 2024

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What are the practical implications of this announcement?

The General Election is set for six weeks’ time, on 4 July 2024. Party manifestos will follow shortly. Employment law practitioners should stay abreast of the principal parties’ pledges so potential directions of travel are anticipated. We will publish further materials on employment-related manifesto details as these are released. To monitor the latest status of legislation and codes of practice, see Legislation tracker—Employment and Employment horizon scanner—dates for your diary, which will be updated on an ongoing basis as more information becomes available.

What is the pre-election period?

Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement on 22 May 2024 that a General Election will take place on 4 July 2024:

  • Parliament will be prorogued on 24 May 2024
  • Dissolution, bringing Parliament to a close, will take place on 30 May 2024

Once Parliament is prorogued, most parliamentary business ceases and any unfinished matters fall. When Parliament is dissolved, every seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant (though government ministers and members of the House of Lords remain in post) and all parliamentary business comes to an end...

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