The Government has announced a draft legislative programme
for 2008/9 which will see significant areas of change in a number
of areas.The main areas of focus include plans to extend current
policies in respect of:
- equality bill: employment and discrimination
law;
- training: a right to time off to train;
- enhanced flexible working rights; and
- welfare reform: enhance skills and get people
ready for work.
Equality Bill
The Equality Bill meets the Government's commitment to
consolidate and simplify existing legislation on
all forms of discrimination. But it will go much further than that,
shifting from an approach reliant on individuals seeking
remedies in tribunal when they are discriminated against,
the Bill continues to build on public sector equality and diversity
obligations and will focus on the principle of
'transparency' to achieve equality in areas such as equal
pay. Employers, of all types need to keep an eye on the progress of
the Bill
