As part of the Government's ongoing "Red Tape Challenge", employment law is now under the spotlight from today. The purpose of the Red Tape Challenge is to reduce the overall burden of regulation and
As part of the Government's ongoing "Red Tape Challenge", employment law is now under the spotlight from today. The purpose of the Red Tape Challenge is to reduce the overall burden of regulation and cut red tape. It also provides the public with an opportunity to tell the Government which regulations are not working and what should be scrapped, saved and/or simplified.
The spotlight on employment law is the latest phase of the Government's wider Employment Law Review. For the next three weeks the Red Tape Challenge will focus on more than 160 different employment related regulations, which have been broken down into the following key areas:
• taking people on - e.g. the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees relating to job advertisements, interviews and probationary periods.
• managing staff - e.g. rules on various areas including working time, statutory annual leave, sick pay and reasonable adjustments.
• letting people go - e.g. rules ranging from notice of termination to redundancy payments.
• compliance and enforcement - e.g. regulations relating to the Government's direct enforcement of employment rights, including the National Minimum Wage, 48 hour working week and employing agency workers.
The Government has also published a discussion paper which provides an update on its ongoing Employment Law Review. It confirms, amongst other matters, that the Government will respond to the consultation on Resolving Workplace Disputes "shortly" and that the independent review of the system for managing sickness absence is due to be published this autumn.
The spotlight on employment law is the latest phase of the Government's wider Employment Law Review. For the next three weeks the Red Tape Challenge will focus on more than 160 different employment related regulations, which have been broken down into the following key areas:
• taking people on - e.g. the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees relating to job advertisements, interviews and probationary periods.
• managing staff - e.g. rules on various areas including working time, statutory annual leave, sick pay and reasonable adjustments.
• letting people go - e.g. rules ranging from notice of termination to redundancy payments.
• compliance and enforcement - e.g. regulations relating to the Government's direct enforcement of employment rights, including the National Minimum Wage, 48 hour working week and employing agency workers.
The Government has also published a discussion paper which provides an update on its ongoing Employment Law Review. It confirms, amongst other matters, that the Government will respond to the consultation on Resolving Workplace Disputes "shortly" and that the independent review of the system for managing sickness absence is due to be published this autumn.