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| The Employment Act 2008 |
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The Employment Bill has received royal assent, entering law
as the Employment Act 2008.
Its overarching goal is to sweep away unnecessary
employment law in an effort to improve its effectiveness for employers, trade
unions, individuals and the public sector.
The Employment Bill has received royal assent, entering law
as the Employment Act 2008. Its overarching goal is to sweep away unnecessary
employment law in an effort to improve its effectiveness for employers, trade
unions, individuals and the public sector.
The Act repeals rules established in 2004, including
statutory dismissal and grievance procedures to pave the way for the outcome of
the Dispute Resolution Review.
This will be part of a wider range of measures
that will encourage early, informal dispute resolution in the workplace and
improve the workings of employment tribunals. This will save employers £180m
per year.
The Act will also strengthen the enforcement and penalties
framework for the National Minimum Wage and employment agency standards,
supporting vulnerable workers and ensuring a level playing field for compliant
businesses.
In addition the Act amends Trade Union law and ensure
compliance with the European Court of Human Rights judgement in Asleft v UK.
This will give trade unions clearer rights to determine their membership, and
expel members of the basis of their membership of a political party.
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