{"title":"The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023: An Employment Focused Overview","authors":"J. Murray","doi":"10.1093/indlaw/dwad019","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n This article considers the provisions of the new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 and focuses on its employment impact for registered higher education providers in England with respect to the management (in particular, discipline and dismissal) of their staff generally and their academic staff more specifically. Overall, it concludes that the impact on the employment relationship in this context will be significant. Alongside introducing specific provisions related to recruitment, dismissal and discipline of academic staff which will be enforceable through a statutory tort and a complaints scheme, the Act will influence how key aspects of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Equality Act 2010 are interpreted.","PeriodicalId":45482,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Law Journal","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Industrial Law Journal","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwad019","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article considers the provisions of the new Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 and focuses on its employment impact for registered higher education providers in England with respect to the management (in particular, discipline and dismissal) of their staff generally and their academic staff more specifically. Overall, it concludes that the impact on the employment relationship in this context will be significant. Alongside introducing specific provisions related to recruitment, dismissal and discipline of academic staff which will be enforceable through a statutory tort and a complaints scheme, the Act will influence how key aspects of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Equality Act 2010 are interpreted.
期刊介绍:
Industrial Law Journal is established as the leading periodical in its field, providing comment and in-depth analysis on a wide range of topics relating to employment law. It is essential reading for practising lawyers, academics, and lay industrial relations experts to keep abreast of newly enacted legislation and proposals for law reform. In addition Industrial Law Journal carries commentary on relevant government publications and reviews of books relating to labour law.