10 May 2023 Non-competes will be limited to three months, rolled up holiday pay will be allowed and employers will not always have to elect representatives for TUPE transfers, according to the government’s Smarter Regulation paper released today. It is also unclear, at the moment, how the legislation will impact current non-competes that are longer than three months - will they be void or only enforceable up to a maximum of three months? And will any non-compete of up to three months now be valid, even for junior employees, without having to demonstrate that this is proportionate?More broadly, some employers may start asking wider questions about hiring people in the UK, especially key people in research and development or other top technical roles, if their know-how could end up in the hands of a competitor (or a start-up founded by their now ex-employee) in as little as three months. But the government can use its remaining powers in the Bill to make regulations revoking other EU-derived laws at a later date, so this is not necessarily the final list