Hiring under pressure: the reform that could rewrite recruitment | Commercial Awareness Compass #46

The Employment Rights Bill would reshape unfair dismissal by reducing the current two-year qualifying period and introducing an “initial period of employment” that functions like a statutory probation.The headline proposal is unfair dismissal protection from day one, although recent parliamentary debate has floated alternatives such as a shorter qualifying period (e.g., six months).How might a statutory probation affect hiring and exit practices? Could tribunals handle a likely rise in claims? Would employers turn to agency labour or fixed-term contracts to manage risk?The Commercial Awareness Compass by AllAboutLaw, helps you build your commercial awareness every week with a beginners, intermediate and advanced breakdown of a story from an expert lawyer and trainee solicitor host. This story was taken from a live conversation a few months ago. If you don't want to wait for these conversations, head over to the Commercial Awareness Compass to get them straight to your inbox each week. 🚀 Boost your commercial awareness: https://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/commercial-awareness-compass