Extra Bank Holiday Rules 2023
Understanding how bank holidays work in the context of holiday entitlement, and your employee’s right to paid time off, is important when it comes to keeping your workforce happy. The following guide for employers looks at the bank holiday rules for 2023, including the extra bank holiday scheduled across the UK for King Charles’ coronation. […]
Statutory Employment Payments Rates 2023 – 2024
Statutory employment rates are changing from April 2023. Employers should take action to ensure compliance, including reviewing and updating policies and documents, and adjusting statutory employment payments in line with the new applicable rates. Statutory family-related pay rates 2023-2024 Family-related statutory weekly pay rates from 2 April 2023 are as follows: Statutory payment Weekly […]
Employment Law in 2023: What’s Ahead for HR?
HR and employers are warned of potentially wide-ranging changes in the law in 2023, as the UK Government plans to proceed with its legislative overhaul of UK employment and immigration laws. What could these changes include? Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ or ‘REUL Bill’) The purpose of the REUL […]
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023, officially becoming the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. This article was published in August 2022, and predates the Bill officially coming into effect the following year. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, published on 22 […]
Statutory Employment Payments Changes 2022-2023
Changes have now taken effect relating to statutory employment payments. Employers must ensure they have taken action to ensure compliance, including reviewing and updating policies and documents, and adjusting statutory employment payments in line with the new applicable rates. Increase in statutory sick pay The weekly rate of statutory sick pay has increased from […]
National Minimum Wage Rates 2022
National minimum wage National minimum wage rates are set to increase with effect from April 2022. The new minimum hourly rates are as follows: Age Rate from 1 April 2022 Rates from 1 April 2021 23 years and over (National Living Wage) £9.50 £8.91 21 years to 22 years £9.18 £8.36 18 years to […]
Extra Bank Holiday 2022
For employers planning ahead for their workforce arrangements, next year brings a complicating factor due to the extra bank holiday in 2022. The following guide for employers looks at the bank holidays 2022 schedule, including what the extra bank holiday means for your workforce’s entitlement to time off work. What is the bank holidays […]
Statutory Employment Payments Changes 2021-2022
Changes have now taken effect relating to statutory employment payments. Employers must ensure they have taken action to ensure compliance, including reviewing and updating policies and documents, and adjusting statutory employment payments in line with the new applicable rates. Increase in statutory sick pay The weekly rate of statutory sick pay has increased to […]
Top 5 HR Trends 2021
The working environment going into 2021 is vastly different to that of the start of 2020. What are the HR trends employers should be considering to support workforce management, performance and positive engagement into 2021? 1. Remote working In response to lockdown rules, 2020 saw universal effort and upheaval to establish employees for remote […]
Employment Law Changes April 2020
The following changes in UK employment law will be taking effect from April 2020. Employers are advised to take action now to ensure compliance and adjust processes and policies in advance of the new rules taking effect. Increases in minimum wage, statutory sick pay and statutory family pay Minimum wage The new rates from […]