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Welcome to our monthly update on the latest in health and safety legislation.

The Employment Rights Bill has now completed the Committee stage and has begun the Report Stage. On 1st July, the Government published a roadmap for the implementation of changes the Bill will introduce. It’s important to remember the Bill isn’t yet law and will require Royal Assent before becoming an Act of Parliament. There are a lot of changes to cover, so we’ll report on these over the next few updates. This month we’ll cover the changes proposed to come into effect in the next 12 months.

When ransomware brought down the 150-year-old UK logistics firm Knights of Old, the reporting that surrounded this catastrophic failure exposed weaknesses in cybersecurity, best practices, backup readiness, and insurance adequacy. This case has now become a benchmark for what can go wrong, even when a business believes it has done everything to protect itself.