The Employment Rights Bill: What advice business owners need to know

'The ERB presents a new set of challenges'

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Lawyers Niamh Millais and Antonia Blackwell set out exactly what adviser business owners need to know about the Employment Rights Bill - which they say is the 'most significant overhaul of UK employment law in decades'

The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) marks the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in decades. For financial advice employers, who are already navigating evolving client expectations, technological change and increasing regulatory scrutiny, particularly with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) forthcoming changes to the Code of Conduct rules regarding non-financial misconduct, the ERB presents a new set of challenges. Indeed, businesses across the country, including the British Chamber of Commerce and the Institute of Directors, have written to business secretary Peter Kyle...

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