Government Announcement Relating Employment Rights
The Government is due to make a formal announcement later this week concerning the changes which will be made in respect of employemnt rights.
Three of the principal changes expected are:
a) Full employment rights being given to new employees from day 1 of their employment. Full employment rights previously only applied to employees after 1 year of employment.
b) SSP is to be payable from the first day of sickness.
c) New employees will have a statutory 6 month probation period.