The Government has published a revised timetable for its
employment law reform programme. Given the volume of announcements
on new proposals and consultations, it has become quite a challenge
for businesses to keep track of all the employment changes, not
helped by the fact that these changes will be introduced throughout
the year, rather than just on the usual biannual employment law
commencement dates of 6 April and 1 October.
The summary and table of reforms below provide a quick reference
guide of the reform programme as it currently stands – it is
likely that the timetable will change again. The most significant
developments are that the dates for the implementation of the
whistleblowing and employee shareholder status provisions have been
delayed until this summer and autumn respectively.
