EXCLUSIVE | 6 in 10 UK firms unaware of future legal changes

Despite the people function yielding such a tight focus on legal compliance and striving to play it by the book, new research has revealed that more than half (59%) of UK businesses are unaware of upcoming employment law changes – even though these laws are proposed to come into effect in five months’ time (April 6 2020).

The survey, which was conducted by Citation, found that employers who are oblivious of the proposed legal changes in the Government’s Good Work Plan could be at risk of £20,000 in fines from employment tribunals as the Government will be making this the maximum penalty for “aggravated breaches”.

In December 2018, the Government set out the Good Work Plan, which sets out its vision for the future of the UK labour market.

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The plan poses numerous employment law changes that will come into effect in April 2020 including: giving workers the right to ask for a stable contract; extending the time required to break a period of continuous service and banning employers from making deductions from staff tips.