"Peter Kyle, the business secretary, said: This landmark legislation, now soon to be in law, will drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century and offer dignity and respect to millions more in the workplace. The bill will introduce rights to guaranteed hours and payment for short-notice cancellation of shifts, bar fire-and-rehire practices in most circumstances, grant paternity and parental leave from day one, and strengthen workplace trade union rights."
"The struggle to pass the law, which faced significant opposition from the Conservatives and business groups, meant the government made a number of concessions to secure its passage. Trade unions agreed earlier this month to remove day-one rights to unfair dismissal from the package of reforms in return for the lifting of the compensation cap, in order to get the bill through parliament in time to start implementing new rights from April."
Labour's employment rights bill will become law after a House of Lords battle and expected royal assent by Thursday. The law introduces guaranteed hours, pay for short-notice shift cancellations, bans most fire-and-rehire, grants paternity and parental leave from day one, and strengthens trade union rights. The government removed day-one protection against unfair dismissal, replacing it with a six-month qualifying period and made concessions to businesses to secure passage. Trade unions called the changes a generational shift for workers, and implementation of new rights is set to begin in April.
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