More Employment Rights Bill Amendments Published

A new set of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill have just been published, including a number of significant changes from the government covering key issues such as fire and rehire, guaranteed hours, non-disclosure agreements and miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Here's our take on the latest amendments and what they mean for employers.

The Labour government's flagship Employment Rights Bill is now part way through the report stage in the House of Lords. This may seem a little late to add significant new amendments - but that is what has just happened, including a whole new provision on non-disclosure agreements. Some 64 pages of amendments were published on 7 July. A number of these are opposition amendments which are unlikely to go ahead, so this article focusses on the government amendments which will almost certainly be passed.