{"title":"Employment Rights Bill 2024: what veterinary practices need to know","authors":"Emma McGrath","doi":"10.1002/inpr.538","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Employment Rights Bill 2024 proposes important changes to workers' rights that will affect veterinary practices. This article breaks down the key updates, such as allowing unfair dismissal claims from day one of employment, changes to statutory sick pay rules and new requirements for zero-hours contracts. It also covers updates to flexible working rights, family leave policies and stronger rules to prevent workplace harassment. The article aims to help veterinary practices understand these changes, prepare for their impact once enacted, and take practical steps like reviewing staff contracts, improving recruitment processes and ensuring compliance with the new rules.</p>","PeriodicalId":54994,"journal":{"name":"in Practice","volume":"47 4","pages":"201-204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"in Practice","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/inpr.538","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"VETERINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Employment Rights Bill 2024 proposes important changes to workers' rights that will affect veterinary practices. This article breaks down the key updates, such as allowing unfair dismissal claims from day one of employment, changes to statutory sick pay rules and new requirements for zero-hours contracts. It also covers updates to flexible working rights, family leave policies and stronger rules to prevent workplace harassment. The article aims to help veterinary practices understand these changes, prepare for their impact once enacted, and take practical steps like reviewing staff contracts, improving recruitment processes and ensuring compliance with the new rules.
期刊介绍:
In Practice is published 10 times a year and provides continuing educational material for veterinary practitioners. It includes clinical articles, written by experts in their field and covering all species, providing a regular update on clinical developments, and articles on veterinary practice management. All articles are peer-reviewed. First published in 1979, it now provides an extensive archive of clinical review articles.
In Practice is produced in conjunction with Vet Record, the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA). It is published on behalf of the BVA by BMJ Group.