{"id":8685,"date":"2024-05-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&p=8685"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:07:26","slug":"general-election-2024","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-compliance\/employment-law-updates\/general-election-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"General election 2024: What might a Labour Government mean for employers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Fiona Cuming<\/strong>, Senior Legal Editor at Brightmine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a general election confirmed for 4 July 2024, senior legal editor Fiona Cuming looks at two key areas where Labour’s employment law proposals, if implemented, would transform the face of employment law in the UK<\/a> and have significant implications for employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on recent opinion polls, and by-election and local election results, there is a strong likelihood that the Labour party will win the general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following on from its Green Paper on employment rights<\/a>, Labour unveiled its latest employment law proposals on 24 May 2024. Labour’s plan to make work pay: Delivering a new deal for working people<\/a> contains some radical proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a single status of “worker” <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the UK has three types of employment status: employees, workers, and the self-employed. Only employees are entitled to all the statutory rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the distinction between these categories can be complex and give rise to legal disputes, Labour is proposing to create a single status of “worker” for all but the genuinely self-employed. Labour intends that these “workers”, regardless of sector, wage or contract type, would be entitled to all the statutory rights and protections, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n