New ‘Day-One’ Employment Rights from 6 April 2020

From 6 April 2020, new ‘day-one’ employment rights to be implemented.  Who for?

• All new employees and workers.
• Workers also have the right to receive a statement of written particulars from day-one of work.

Additional information must be included in the employment statement too.

Employees who are currently continuously employed for more than one month must be provided with a written statement of terms within two months of employment. This will now change to the first day of employment.

Employers must comply with the new rules from 6 April 2020.  Three key steps are:

• Prepare a revised statement of particulars ensuring it includes all of the new statutory requirements;
• Identify who is likely to be classified as a worker.  The new statement will now be issued on DAY ONE of engagement;
• Having a system in place for issuing these revised contracts to new employees; and
• Having  a separate statement of particulars to give to your workers.