Overview

Prior to the General Election on 6 May 2010, each of the main parties had announced their proposals with regard to employment law. The Conservatives, for example, had indicated prior to the establishment of the new coalition government that they would not bring all of the Act’s provisions (such as those on the public sector socio-economic duty, positive action and gender pay reporting) into force. The Liberal Democrats on the other hand were largely supportive of the Act’s provisions.

However, the election resulted in the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition which meant uncertainty as to its plans for employment law until some clarification was obtained from the content of the Queen’s Speech on 25 May 2010, and the publication of the coalition agreement on 11 May (the Coalition Agreement) and the coalition’s programme for government on 21 May (the Programme). Many of the government’s plans for employment law remain unclear but the Programme does reveal some details of the government’s future plans.

This article looks at the possible changes to employment legislation already in place and proposals for future changes to the law.

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