{"id":2978,"date":"2025-07-28T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elhr.co.uk\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:33:22","slug":"new-amendments-to-the-employment-rights-bill-what-it-means-for-employers-and-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhr.co.uk\/?p=2978","title":{"rendered":"New Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill \u2013 What It Means for Employers and Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>New Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 Come into Force<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-align: left;\">The new Schedule 1 Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024 officially came into effect on 6 January 2025, as highlighted by Daniel Barnett, Barrister.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">What Does This Mean?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">The updated rules are essential for anyone involved in Employment Tribunal proceedings. This includes Claimants filing claims, Respondents defending claims as Litigants in Person, and legal professionals such as Employment Law solicitors, lawyers, or barristers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">While the 2024 rules largely mirror the existing Schedule 1 rules under the Employment Tribunal (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) 2013, there are key updates in numbering and governance provisions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Key Updates<\/h3>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Governance Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">\n<li><strong>Rule 7:<\/strong> Employment Tribunals now have the power to delegate judicial functions to legal officers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rules 59 and 60:<\/strong> Judgments and written reasons can now be approved and signed by a presiding member, rather than exclusively by an Employment Tribunal judge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"><strong>Numbering Updates<\/strong><br \/>\nSeveral rules have been renumbered in the 2024 schedule:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">\n<li><strong>Rule 8<\/strong> (presenting a claim) is now <strong>Rule 10<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rule 16<\/strong> (response) is now <strong>Rule 17<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rule 30<\/strong> (applications for case management orders) is now <strong>Rule 31<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rule 37<\/strong> (striking out) is now <strong>Rule 38<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">Helpful Resource<\/h3>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">As noted by Daniel Barnett, Regional Employment Judge David Franey has created a comprehensive comparison table (link: [2024-Rules-Comparison-Table.pdf]) outlining the differences between the 2013 and 2024 rules. This resource has been shared with the agreement of both REJ Franey and the President of Employment Tribunals (England &amp; Wales).<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">For further details, please contact ELHR \u2013 Employment Lawyers and HR Consultants on <a href=\"tel:01163262836\"><strong>0116 326 2836<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you aware of the latest Employment Law updates? 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