

Labour Scraps Act Ahead of Autumn Implementation
Rory Manning

1
Minute Read
16 Sept 2024

Labour Scraps Act Ahead of Autumn Implementation
Rory Manning

1
Minute Read
16 Sept 2024
The Government has announced that the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 will not be implemented this Autumn as initially planned even after Acas published a draft Code of Conduct on it.
This Act, passed by the previous Conservative government, received Royal Assent in September 2023 and aimed to provide workers with uncertain hours the right to request more predictable working conditions, including set working days, times, and contract lengths. Despite its cancellation, the current Government is still aiming to enhance job security and predictability for workers and has talked about this in the context of banning zero hours contracts.
The Government plans to introduce new more stringent measures in the forthcoming Employment Rights Bill and Make Work Pay programme to tackle these issues instead and wants to look at consequences for employers who curtail and cancel shifts at short notice.
A spokesperson for the Department of Business and Trade stated that a new right to a contract reflecting the number of hours regularly worked will be introduced. The scrapped Act was criticised for allowing employers too much discretion to reject workers’ requests for predictability. Whilst the specifics of Labour’s plans are yet to be detailed, it will form part of the Government’s agenda to create workplace rights which are “fit for a modern economy, empower working people and deliver economic growth".
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