May 2015 General Election - The Impact on Employment Law

Concrew Training’s one-day open training course on the latest developments and requirements in Employment Law takes place just three working days after the General Election.  

The course update participants on the numerous recent changes to employment law and case history and provides an insight into what the future may hold. Please note that the SNP is proposing full devolution of employment law to Scotland and the impact of such change is outside the scope of this course. 

Based on current manifestos these could include:

From the Conservative Party:

• Abolishing the abuse of zero hour contracts by prohibiting exclusivity clauses
• Permitting strike action only if mandated by vote with at least 50% turnout
• Creating a further 1 million apprenticeships.

From the Plaid Cymru:

• Enforcing the living wage

From the Green Party:

• Introducing 2 years’ paid parental leave
• Requiring large companies to publish details of earnings in order to establish if equal pay between the sexes is a reality
• Introducing completely flexible working arrangements for all

From the Labour Party:

• Banning exploitative zero hour contracts, and, if regular hours are worked under a zero hours contract, creating a fixed hours contract following 12 weeks’ service
• Ensuring that agency workers cannot be paid less than equivalent permanent staff
• Raising the national minimum wage to £8 per hour by 2020
• Abolishing the current Tribunal system and creating a system in which affordability is not a barrier to justice
• Protecting self employed individuals from discrimination
• Social background monitoring in public services
• Creating mandatory apprenticeships at firms holding major government contracts.

From the Liberal Democrat Party:

• Providing more free childcare for working families
• Promoting name blind recruitment in the public sector
• Strengthening ‘worker’ rights (as compared to employee rights)
• Raising the national minimum wage for apprentices; and
• Promoting boardroom diversity

From the Scottish National Party:

• Full devolution of employment law to Scotland 
• Promoting workers’ rights through the Fair Work Convention
• Ensuring as many workers as possible benefit from the Living Wage
• Tackling unacceptable employment practices

From the UK Independence Party:

• Permitting discrimination in favour of young British workers (this may contravene EU legislation and could lead to far wider change)
• Workers on zero hours contracts for large employers being able to earn the right to fixed hours after a years’ service
• Repealing the agency workers directive

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