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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 9:40 pm
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9k12w5j54o
Bosses in the UK will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in the workplace as part of the government’s overhaul of workers’ rights.
Ministers will on Monday night table amendments to the government’s employment rights bill to prohibit the widespread practice of using legally enforceable NDAs to conceal unacceptable behaviour at work.
If passed, the rules would mean any future confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements that sought to prevent a worker speaking about an allegation of harassment – including sexual harassment – or discrimination would be null and void.
They would also allow victims to speak freely about their experiences, while any witnesses – including employers – would be able to call out poor conduct and publicly support victims without the threat of being sued.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9k12w5j54o
Parents who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy will be entitled to bereavement leave under a planned law change.https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/ju ... re_btn_url
The government is set to amend the Employment Rights Bill to give parents the legal right to take time off work to grieve if they experience pregnancy loss at any stage.
As it stands, bereavement leave is only available to parents who lose an unborn child after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the change will give "people time away from work to grieve".
"No one who is going through the heartbreak of pregnancy loss should have to go back to work before they are ready," Rayner said.
Parents are currently entitled, external to a fortnight's leave if they suffer pregnancy loss after 24 weeks, or if a child younger than 18 dies.
They can also be eligible for two weeks' statutory parental bereavement pay - either £187.18 a week or 90% of average weekly earnings, whichever is the lower - if they have been working for their employer for at least 26 weeks.
The proposed extended right to leave would be unpaid and last for at least one week, though the exact length is still being consulted on.
Further details - including who will be eligible and whether a doctor's note would be required - will also be decided following a consultation.
The measure would apply in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland.
The Employment Rights Bill, which includes further measures to protect in law the right of employees to have time off to grieve the loss of a loved one, is already making its way through Parliament.
Bosses in the UK will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in the workplace as part of the government’s overhaul of workers’ rights.
Ministers will on Monday night table amendments to the government’s employment rights bill to prohibit the widespread practice of using legally enforceable NDAs to conceal unacceptable behaviour at work.
If passed, the rules would mean any future confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements that sought to prevent a worker speaking about an allegation of harassment – including sexual harassment – or discrimination would be null and void.
They would also allow victims to speak freely about their experiences, while any witnesses – including employers – would be able to call out poor conduct and publicly support victims without the threat of being sued.