The Department for Business and Trade is proposing to remove obligations to keep working time records and allow rolled-up holiday pay, amongst other updates to the law.
The government proposes plans to:
- Remove the requirement for employers to keep working time records;
- Allow employers to roll-up holiday pay;
- Allow employers to merge both basic and additional leave entitlements (regulations 13/13A of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR));
- Remove the present requirement to elect employee representatives under TUPE (for businesses with under 50 people and transfers affecting below 10 employees; and
- Restrict the application of non-compete clauses in employment contracts to three months.
When will this proposal become law?
We’re not sure, however, we will publish details on our blog as the proposal progresses. But needless to say, this could be a major change for employers to prepare for and consider carefully.