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01 November 2018

UK: Budget 2018 announces NIC change delay and new minimum wage rates

An important announcement in the Budget for employers to note was the decision to delay by a further year the introduction of employer Class 1A NICs on …

03 April 2017

UK: April 2017 changes - apprenticeship levy, tribunal compensation limits, national minimum wage, statutory benefits and immigration skills charge

From 6 April 2017 UK employers with an annual pay bill of or over £3 million will be required to pay an apprenticeship levy at a rate equivalent to 0.5% …

14 September 2016

UK: New publications on disability, apprenticeship, e-cigarettes, and racist abuse

The following new employment law-related resources have been published: DWP updated guidance on employing disabled people, including information on the …

29 April 2016

UK: New resources - apprentices, minimum wages, earnings attachments, sex discrimination

Acas has published a guide to help employers manage and support apprentices and young workers, and a guide to help combat sex discrimination in the …

18 December 2015

UK: Autumn statement - employment law announcements

The Autumn Statement by the Chancellor on 25 November 2015 included the following: The apprenticeship levy will be introduced in April 2017 at a rate …

07 September 2015

UK: New legislative proposals and guidance on minimum/living wage, apprenticeships consultation, employee travel expenses, recruitment and induction

The government has announced plans to increase the penalties for failing to pay the national minimum wage and national living wage (being introduced in …

06 August 2015

UK: Summer consultations - minimum wage, posted workers, apprenticeships, tribunal fees

The Low Pay Commission is consulting until 25 September seeking views on the government’s proposed changes to the national minimum wage and the …

03 April 2012

UK: Red tape day - April 2012

Unfair dismissal The qualifying period for unfair dismissal (and for eligibility for the right to written reasons for dismissal) is to increase from one …