The Department for Business and Trade has confirmed that the Government will not bring into force the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023. The Bill, which received Royal Assent in September 2023, was expected to come into force this month and would have provided workers with the right to request a predictable working pattern.
Instead, a spokesperson for the Department has said: “We will introduce a new right to a contract that reflects the number of hours regularly worked as part of our significant and ambitious agenda to ensure workplace rights are fit for a modern economy, empower working people and deliver economic growth.”
It seems that on this decision is in line with Labour’s plans to end one-sided flexibility and provide workers with more accurate contracts which are reflective of their actual working pattern. Instead of having various pieces of legislation, it follows that the Government would rather the issue be dealt with in one sweep and thus it will likely form part of the upcoming Employment Rights Bill. It is expected that the forthcoming legislation will confer stronger rights than the scrapped Act will have introduced.
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