Election results 2024: What changes can employers expect?

Fire and rehire

Labour intends to end fire and rehire as a way of forcing through changes to employees’ contractual terms, while recognising the importance of businesses being able to restructure to remain viable where there is genuinely no alternative.

It will replace the Dismissal and Re-engagement Code of Practice (coming into force on 18 July 2024) with a new and tougher Code of Practice.