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Proposed changes

• Implementation timetable: June 2013: PSED review - report due. 29th July 2013 Fees for Employment Tribunal claims, and revised tribunal rules. 1st October 2013 Repeal of specific employer liability for third party harassment Autumn 2013 'Rights for shares' - employee-shareholders with fewer employment rights (Equality Act rights not affected) 6th April 2014: All claims will go first to ACAS, and repeal of questions procedure. NB: timetable is provisional. More detail on changes to: Employment Services Who is protected Education Public sector equality duty

  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act
• Resolving workplace disputes
• Red tape challenge
• Equality Act 2010

Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013

This Act received Royal Assent in April 2013. Many of the changes outlined below are in this Act.

See Proposed employment changes: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act.

Resolving workplace disputes

Major changes are happening in this area. They include:

• payment of fees to bring a claim to the employment tribunal, and
• a requirement for Employment Tribunal claimants to take a claim to ACAS first.

Many of the changes are included in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. For more: Proposed employment changes: Resolving workplace disputes.

Red Tape Challenge

The idea of this is to get rid of unnecessary red tape.

Proposed employment repeals

In summary, three employment provisions are being repealed:

• the specific provision on employer liability for third party harassment;
• the 'questions procedure';
• power to make wider recommendations.

Public sector equality duty

A review of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is currently underway. It has been extended to cover not only the specific duties but also the general duty, "to establish whether the Duty is operating as intended". See Proposed changes: PSED.

Reform of Equality and Human Rights Commission

The Government is cutting back the powers and duties of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Its staff is also being very substantially reduced. See EHRC: Proposals for reform 2011-2012.

Equality Act 2010

Most of the Equality Act came into force on 1st October 2010, but a very small number of provisions have yet to take effect. More on Equality Act 2010...

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