As the Employment Rights Bill continues to work its way through Parliament, universities should be considering how the shift towards stronger protections for individuals will affect them and what changes they need to make to their existing practices and procedures.

The Employment Rights Bill has now cleared its final hurdles in the House of Commons, bringing Royal Assent within sight.

With major reforms to dismissal rights on the horizon, independent schools have only a limited window to review staffing models and implement any planned contractual changes before flexibility is significantly reduced.