24.1.1. The proposals to make the minimum wage the same for all adults have not made it into the Bill.
24.1.2. There was no tightening of the ban on unpaid internships.
24.2.1. Introduced in April 2024, the one week statutory entitlement to carers leave has not been made a paid entitlement.
24.3.1. There was no inclusion of support to terminally ill employees by encouraging employers and trade unions to sign up to the Dying to Work Charter.
24.4.1. The proposed alteration to H&S guidance relating to extreme temperatures has not yet been addressed.
24.5.1. There is nothing as yet to provide a Youth Guarantee for training, work or apprenticeship opportunities for 18 to 21 year olds.
24.5.2. There are no proposed changes to the apprenticeship levy.
24.6.1. The Employment Rights Bill does not include the introduction of one status of worker. The government have stated that longer term their aim is to remove the distinction between employees and workers.
24.6.2. There is no right to a written contract for self-employed workers.
24.7.1. The Employment Rights Bill does not include the proposed collective grievance process.
24.7.2. There is no repeal of current regulation allowing agency workers to cover striking workers.
24.8.1. A new code of practice on the right to switch off, preventing 24/7 working from home, remains a proposed future reform.
24.9.1. The manifesto had included better and stronger regulation of Artificial Intelligence, which has not been included in the Employment Rights Bill.
24.9.2. Also not included is a requirement for consultation with workers prior to introducing surveillance technologies.
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