The Government has launched a consultation on proposed Retained EU employment law reforms. In summary, the consultation proposes reforms to the Working Time Regulations 1998, and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006:
- Working Time Regulations 1998:
- to merge the current basic and additional annual leave entitlements to create a single annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks governed by one set of rules;
- to introduce rolled-up holiday pay, so that workers can receive an additional amount or enhancement with every payslip to cover their holiday pay, as opposed to receiving holiday pay only when they take annual leave; and
- to reform the record-keeping requirements so that businesses do not have to keep a record of daily working hours of their workers (although record keeping obligations in relation to hours worked for National Minimum Wage purposes will remain).
- Transfer of Undertakings (Protection from Employment) Regulations 2006:
- to allow small businesses with less than 50 employees to consult directly with employees regarding a TUPE transfer if there are no existing employee representatives in place;
- to allow businesses of any size to consult directly with employees where no existing employee representatives are in place where a TUPE transfer involves less than 10 employees.
For further information, please contact:
Emma Ahmed, Hill Dickinson
emma.ahmed@hilldickinson.com
