{"id":1607,"date":"2024-05-16T09:27:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hspgroupstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2024-05-16T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T13:36:40","slug":"legislative-employment-changes-in-the-uk-ireland-and-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hsp.com\/legislative-employment-changes-in-the-uk-ireland-and-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Employment Changes in the UK, Ireland, and Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1607\" class=\"elementor elementor-1607\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f13fd5f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f13fd5f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d327b21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d327b21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of HSP\u2019s commitment to providing our customers with full end-to-end global expansion guidance and support, we closely monitor and track all potential and active legislative changes that could potentially impact our clients around the world. This month, we\u2019re focusing on three countries that have seen significant changes in employment legislation: Hong Kong, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please see below for a summary of the changes in employment legislation for these three countries so that you can understand how they may affect you and which actions you should consider taking.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>United Kingdom<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>Readiness for flexible work reforms in the UK<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, employees only have a right to request flexible work changes if they have 26 weeks of service tenure and are restricted to one request per 12-month period. Effective from 6 April 2024, employees will have a day one right and will be permitted two requests in a 12-month period. The current requirement for an employee to explain the impact of their proposed working arrangements will be removed, and there will be a new requirement for employers to fully consult with an employee prior to turning down their request, and the deadline for a decision is reduced to two months from the current three months.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>New employment redundancy protection for pregnant women and parents in the UK<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is anticipated that from April 2024, employees who are either pregnant or parents within 18 months of the birth\/adoption placement will have a priority right to be offered suitable alternative roles within an organization if their role is removed because of redundancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>New rights for paternity leave for UK employees<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective 6 April 2024, eligible employees will be able to take their paternity leave as two non-consecutive blocks. Currently an employee must take the leave as a continuous period of either two weeks or just one week, and if they take just one week, then they remove their right to the other week of leave. Also, from 6 April, the leave can be taken at any time within the first year of birth\/adoption rather than within the first eight weeks, and will require a shorter 28-day notice period.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>New Carer\u2019s leave in the UK<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, employees have a right to reasonable unpaid time off to care for a dependent in an emergency or unexpected circumstances. A new Carer\u2019s Leave will be offered to employees from the first day of employment, allowing for a one-week period of unpaid leave in any 12-month period. It is designed to help employees make more permanent arrangements for long-term care for a dependent. The new entitlement is expected to come into force on 6 April 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #237e53;\"><b><i>How HSP Can Support You<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSP can update your employment contracts and\/or work policies to reflect the new changes in the UK\u2019s employment legislation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4>UK Health and Safety Legislation<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a UK employer with more than 5 workers in the UK you have a legal obligation to have valid, up-to-date risk assessments and HR policy in place that is compliant with UK legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK Health and Safety at Work Act places a series of explicit duties on employers, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producing a written policy that explains how they intend to manage health and safety<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consulting with staff or their representatives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing safe plant and systems of work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring the safe use, storage, and movement of articles and substances<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provision of adequate welfare facilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing appropriate information, instruction, training, and supervision<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring safe access and egress from the workplace<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #737373;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 also require employers to carry out a risk assessment, which is the cornerstone of an employer\u2019s management of health and safety. This is a process where anything arising from work that may cause harm is identified, assessed, and controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The employer must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify all hazards that could cause harm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work out who might be harmed by the hazards and how<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider how likely it is that someone will be harmed, and how serious the harm might be. Based on this information, introduce measures to control the risk \u201cin so far as is reasonably practical\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employers with five or more members of staff are required to record the significant findings in writing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep the risk assessment under review to ensure that control measures continue to be applied and to take account of any changes, such as new working practices or machinery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #737373;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the sake of good order, it is important to note that where employers are found to be in breach of legislation then the UK courts can impose fines on the Company. The penalty fines are uncapped and serious breaches also carry the risk of imprisonment for up to 2 years. Employers Liability Insurance unfortunately will not cover any fines imposed due to health and safety breaches.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have processes in place to meet these obligations but if not HSP has developed the below scope of support to help our customers meet their obligations:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stage 1- Health and Safety Risk Assessments<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provision of home worker risk assessments and\/or office worker risk assessments and instructions on how to carry out the assessments. This stage also includes an assessment of the risk assessments and recommendations for any follow up actions or issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #737373;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>Stage 2- Health and Safety Policy<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provision of a legally compliant, English only UK health and safety policy, including any recommendations from the stage 1 health and safety risk assessments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #737373;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>Stage 3- Health and Safety Employee Training Materials<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provision of electronic health and safety training documentation for UK based employees.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #737373;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Hong Kong<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>More statutory holidays in Hong Kong<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective from 2024, the number of statutory holidays has been increased from 13 to 14 days this year. The first weekday after Christmas Day will now be a statutory holiday. Common practice is to grant eligibility to employees for \u2018general holidays\u2019 instead of \u2018 statutory holidays\u2019 in which the first weekday post-Christmas, i.e. 26<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> December is an existing general holiday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per practice, blue-collar workers or low-level employees working at small-scale locally owned companies are typically offered statutory holidays, and white-collar workers are offered general holidays. Most corporations follow bank holidays, which are general holidays.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #237e53;\"><b><i>How HSP Can Support You<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSP can update your employment contracts and\/or work and leave policies to reflect the changes in Hong Kong\u2019s employment legislation around a newly added public holiday.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ireland<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>Employee status tests for employees in Ireland<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the issue of employment status and sham contractors, the Supreme Court in Ireland has set out a five-part test to determine the true status of the relationship, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the contract involve the exchange of wage or other remuneration for work?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the worker agree to provide their own services, and not those of a third party?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the employer exercise sufficient control over the worker?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the terms of the contract consistent in practice with a contract of employment or with some other form of contract?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there anything in the legislative regime that requires the court to adjust or supplement any of the foregoing?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><span style=\"color: #737373;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government has confirmed that it will update its code of practice to reflect this recent Supreme Court decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #237e53;\"><b><i>How HSP Can Support You<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSP can support you in assessing and adjusting your policies and agreements to reflect these changes to employment laws in Ireland. Given that substantial liabilities can flow from a sham contracting arrangement, employers should review existing relationships against the 5-part test and take any necessary action to mitigate the \u2018de facto employment\u2019 risk on a case-by-case basis. HSP can support you with this review as well as prepare a compliant contractor agreement (or update existing agreements to ensure compliance). HSP can also provide support with contractor to employee conversion assessments, requirements, gap analyses and drafting of requisite documentation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Increase to Ireland\u2019s statutory sick leave<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective from 1 January 2024, the paid statutory sick leave entitlement increases from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">three days to five days in a year. The entitlement will increase again in 2025, to seven days and once again in 2026, to 10 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #237e53;\"><b><i>How HSP Can Support You<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSP can update your staff policies to reflect this change.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Domestic abuse leave for employees in Ireland<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees can receive paid leave for up to five days in any 12 consecutive months in circumstances where they have experienced, are experiencing, or are at risk of, or is supporting a relevant person, experiencing domestic violence and abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #237e53;\"><b><i>How HSP Can Support You<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSP can update your employee handbooks to include a domestic violence leave policy.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of HSP\u2019s commitment to providing our customers with full end-to-end global expansion guidance and support, we closely monitor and track all potential and active legislative changes that could potentially impact our clients around the world. 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