Increase to national minimum wage and national living wage
In the government's Autumn budget, it was confirmed that the national living wage and the national minimum wage would increase in April 2018.
What to expect from employment law this year
As 2018 starts to gather momentum, we take this opportunity to look forward to see what is on the horizon in terms of employment law.
Fit For Work Service
The Fit for Work service was introduced in 2015 as a Government-funded service covering England, Scotland and Wales that provided basic occupational health...
Increase to National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage
In the Government's Autumn budget, it has been confirmed that the national living wage and the national minimum wage will increase in Spring next year.
Enhanced Shared Parental Pay
An Employment Tribunal has decided that it is direct sex discrimination for an employer not to pay enhanced shared parental pay in circumstances where it...
Increase to statutory payments
A number of standard rates and payments will be increasing with effect from early April 2017.
Annual Increase to Compensation Limits and Minimum Awards
The annual increases to compensation limits and minimum awards that are payable under employment legislation have just been announced.
National Minimum Wage
On 1 April 2016 the government introduced the new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above, who are now entitled to be paid a minimum...
Simplifying tax and NICs on termination payments
The government has published its plans to change the way in which termination payments are treated for tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs).
New Employment Laws coming into force in April 2016
In this update, we cover new rules and limits in relation to the national minimum wage, penalties for unpaid tribunal awards, state second pension and tribunal...
National Minimum Wage
As has been widely publicised, the new National Living Wage came into effect today. As a result, workers aged 25 or over are now entitled to be paid a minimum...
New national minimum wage rates 2015
On 1 October 2015 the national minimum wage (NMW) rates increased across the UK.
National Living Wage
The Chancellor has announced that a new national living wage of £7.20 per hour will be introduced for workers aged 25 or over from April 2016. This is a...
New national minimum wage rates
The recently announced changes to the National Minimum Wage will come into effect from 1 October 2012.
Employment Law Hot Topics in October 2012
1 October 2012 marks first staging date for employers’ pension auto-enrolment duties, new national minimum wage rates and more…
