Justin Madders, the minister responsible for the Employment Rights Bill, championed by deputy PM Angela Rayner, told delegates at the RECLive25 conference that the government was working on a roadmap for businesses for so they could plan for the various implementation dates.

While the overarching Bill, when passed, will set out the government’s new employment law framework, there will be a series of statutory instruments and guidance to support the measures, Madders stressed to the audience of employers and recruiters.

In terms of the ongoing legislative process, Madders said: ‘There will be some [of] what they call ping pong between the Commons and the Lords and we will see to where we end up. But It's really important to say that the bill reaching law does not mean that’s the end of the conversation, that doesn't mean everything is going to come in to effect the following day.

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