In Episode 213 of Law Pod UK, Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row joins Labour MP Henry Tufnell (formerly of 1 Crown Office Row) to discuss some of the salient and problematic proposals in Labour’s most sweeping changes to employment law in decades. They consider the proposed restrictions on zero hours contracts, the radical reduction of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal and that most controversial part of the bill, Clauses 15 and 16, which impose liability on the employer for third party harassment (as defined under the 2010 Equality Act). This goes beyond sexual harassment and could cover situations where for example an entertainment venue books a comedian whose riff, though legal, is maybe offensive to some people. If there are employees who say, we really hate what this comedian’s saying on stage, the Bill may impose a duty on the employer to cancel the comedian; does this not impose a chilling effect on free speech?
Join Ally and Henry for a lively and interesting to and fro on the Bill as it passes through its various Committee and Report stages in the Commons.
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