Navigating the new era of employment rights

Keeping up with a moving target

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The ERB, if implemented well, could be critical in helping businesses achieve higher retention rates by enhancing transparency and introducing contractual guarantees of protection for employees, writes Emily Gillmore

The cornerstone of the government's ‘Make Work Pay' plan, the Employment Rights Bill (ERB), is set to deliver the most transformative changes to employment law in decades. However, considering the amendments that have ping-ponged between the Houses, delivering the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation' has been far from straightforward. The ERB, if implemented well, could be critical in helping businesses achieve higher retention rates by enhancing transparency and introducing contractual guarantees of protection for employees. The government has not yet confirmed when...

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