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The summer holidays are over, and the weather is already closing in. If you’re heading back to work after a well-deserved break, we’ve got you covered with the latest employment law updates you may have missed whilst you were away.
Let’s dive straight in with the employment law updates already in the works, and those we can expect in the future too.
Strikes and agency staff
Especially pertinent this summer as rail, dock, legal and bus staff go on strike (amongst others), the government launched new legislation on 21st July that allows employers to fill the gaps of striking staff with agency workers.
Formerly, this may have constituted a criminal offence, but now businesses can hire either agency or fixed-term temporary staff to fill the holes left in the workforce.
