Consultation outcome

Retained EU employment law reforms

From:: Department for Business and Trade
Published: 12 May 2023
Last updated: 8 November 2023 — See all updates

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Government consultation response for Retained EU employment law reforms

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Detail of outcome

The government has responded to the consultation on reforms to retained EU employment law and the consultation on calculating holiday entitlement for part-year and irregular hours workers.

The government will legislate to introduce reforms to record keeping requirements under the working time regulations, annual leave and holiday pay calculations in the working time regulations, and consultation requirements under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE).

Original consultation

Consultation description

This consultation sets out proposals for key areas of retained EU employment law that the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is responsible for.

The consultation seeks views on 3 areas of retained EU employment law which could benefit from reform:

record keeping requirements under the working time regulations
simplifying annual leave and holiday pay calculations in the working time regulations
consultation requirements under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE)

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