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BOSS Today #61 LOBBYING BOSS Today #61

The US President still seems
unsure how he feels about

the UK, blowing variously
hot and cold, but tariffs
BOSS Lobbying against us seem to be off

the table for now.

Update

Illustrative base fees are still being
this but, if you are not, you can find more
and need to stay in hospital for seven
used, but DEFRA expect to have
published final base fees by July, once Many workplaces will already be doing care, if they are less than 28 days old
consecutive days or longer. These
information on the Business of Recycling
all of the 2024 data has been inputted. Waste website, set up by WRAP and measures will entitle eligible parents
Our partner organisation, BPIF Cartons DEFRA. It has a five-step guide, an to take up to a maximum of 12 weeks
continues to feed back concerns about Action Plan template and printable of leave (and, if eligible, pay), with one
the rate for paper/card and fibre-based posters which you can use to ensure staff week’s NCL available for each week that
WELCOME TO YOUR BOSS LOBBYING BULLETIN FOR FEBRUARY 2025. composites, which risks fibre-based are separating waste correctly. their baby receives neonatal care. This
packaging carrying a higher fee if it is
is in addition to maternity and paternity
HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RECENT POLICY more than 2.25 times heavier than a If you have fewer than 10 employees, leave. If an employee is already on
plastic equivalent.
this law will apply to you from 2027.
parental leave at the time of the birth,
DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON OUR INDUSTRY. 1 April is the next deadline for reporting NCL can be taken after the parental
leave has ended.
data. Small organisations need to report
all of their 2024 data by this date, and A set of additional ‘Day One’ rights will
large ones need to submit their data be introduced under the Employment
for 1 July-31 December. We will flag this Rights Bill currently going through
Recently, Housing Minister Andrew The European Commission has published again in the next bulletin. GPSR Webinar Parliament, but these will likely be
Gwynne has been the third minister new online training sessions on the Andrea Collins, Global Trade Specialist introduced in the autumn of 2026.
to go in three months, albeit this one EUDR Information System, in which due and MD at the Global Trade Department, However, it is never too early to get
was a clear-cut sacking rather than diligence statements must be submitted shared her insights on the EU Product familiar with what this will entail,
a resignation. The MP for Denton & once the Regulation goes live. You can Safety Regulatory Framework, including so do take a look at our ‘At a Glance’
Political Update Reddish has been suspended from the view the available sessions here. the CE Mark and GPSR with the BOSS Summary below, provided by our sister
Foreign affairs have dominated the Labour Party for offensive comments Manufacturers’ Forum on 28 January organisation, BPIF (British Printing
political news cycle in January, including made over WhatsApp. 2025. To watch the recording, click here. Industries Federation). Contact hello@
Donald Trump’s inauguration (and New Waste Regulations bossfederation.com for more details.
subsequent actions) and the ceasefire in It is just a month until new waste
Gaza (and Trump’s subsequent ideas for regulations come into effect on 1
the region). The US President still seems April for all businesses with 10 or
unsure how he feels about the UK, more employees. From this date,
blowing variously hot and cold. EPR Latest all businesses will have a legal duty
PackUK has been launched as the new to separate dry recycling from food New Employee Rights From
At home, growth continues to be the scheme administrator for EPR, hosted waste (if there is more than 5kg per Day One – Neonatal Care Leave
key buzzword for the Government, with EUDR Update by DEFRA. PackUK will set the EPR fees, week, eg from staff break rooms and The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act
a third runway at Heathrow confirmed In December 2024 the European Union raise these fees from obligated producers kitchens) and general non-recyclable 2023 comes into force on 6 April and,
and the Chancellor has headed into a granted a 12-month additional phasing- and make packaging waste disposal waste. It must be collected by a licenced the Government confirmed recently, will If you have any questions or would like
fresh round of talks with the bank of in period, making the law applicable payments to local authorities. It will also waste carrier, which may prefer all dry now be accessible to employees from to raise anything, please contact the
England (which has downgraded its on 30 December 2025 for large and be responsible for public information recycling to be separated into glass, the first day of a new job. Neonatal Care BOSS team or, alternatively, BOSS’s
growth forecasts) and finance bosses on medium sized companies and 30 June campaigns to encourage people to metal, plastic and paper (check with Leave (NCL) will apply to parents of Public Affairs Adviser Carys Davis at
how to kickstart the economy. 2026 for micro and small enterprises. dispose of packaging waste correctly. your waste carrier if you are unsure). babies who are admitted into neonatal carys@bossfederation.co.uk

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