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Employment Law Update April 2025

Posted on 24 March 2025 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

The following Employment Law changes have been signed off and will be effective from early April:

1. National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage Rates from 1st April 2025

Wage band Rate from 1 April 2025
Age 21 or over (National Living Wage) £12.21
Age 18 to 20 (National Minimum Wage) £10.00
Under 18 (National Minimum Wage) £7.55
Apprentice (National Minimum Wage) £7.55

The higher rate will apply from the next ‘pay reference period’ after the 1 April. If you need further support there is advice on the GOV.UK website. If that doesn’t get you the answers you need, please give one of us a call.

2. Family leave rates of pay
The weekly rate for Statutory Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental and Parental Bereavement Pay will increase from £184.03 to £187.18 from 6 April 2025. This rate will also apply to the new Neonatal Care Pay that comes in on 6 April (see below).

3. Statutory Sick pay (SSP)
The lower earnings limit to be eligible for SSP will increase from £123 to £125 per week and the rate of pay for those off sick from the 4th day of being unfit for work will increase from £116.75 to £118.75.

4. Neonatal Care Leave and Pay
If you have a member of staff whose baby is born on or after 6 April 2025 and needs at least 7 consecutive days of hospital or palliative care, within 28 days of their birth, please get in touch. The member of staff will be entitled to this new leave and they may be entitled to pay too (£187.18 for each week of leave). We will look at their case with you and supply the forms and letters you will need, enabling you to give the new parents the time and space to focus on their newborn.

The new National Insurance (NI) increases will also kick in from 6 April. For support and advice on this please approach your payroll provider or accountant in the first instance.

Our team are here to help you with any questions or concerns you might have.

Sarah Goddard – MCIPD
Director
sarah.goddard@turnstonehr.com

David Nicholson – MCIPD
Consultant
d.nicholson@turnstonehr.com

Nicki James – Assoc. CIPD
Consultant
nicki.james@turnstonehr.com

Lizy Scullion
Administrative Support
lizy.scullion@turnstonehr.com

Tel. (07715) 822216

Proposed Employment Rights Bill

Posted on 24 March 2025 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

Changes to employment law being proposed through the Employment Rights Bill are still being discussed and finalised, so there are no effective dates as yet for changes to employee rights on zero hours contracts and eligibility for SSP etc. Key updates: After first being unveiled back in October 2024, the Bill outlined a long list… Continue Reading

April 2025: New leave and pay for parents of newborns needing hospital care comes in – a heads-up.

Posted on 30 January 2025 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

Details of how the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 will work in practice have now been released under the Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025. Note: The proposals are still subject to parliamentary approval and therefore some amendments may still be made before they come into force on 6 April 2025.… Continue Reading

Are there employment costs I can claim back from the government?

Posted on 24 January 2025 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

There is no doubt that employing people is an expensive business and this burden is set to get heavier from 6 April 2025 when more employers will be paying more in NI contributions. You will be aware that Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) can no longer be reclaimed from the Government. However, read on for some… Continue Reading

Retirement Announcement

Posted on 30 June 2023 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

It is with very mixed feelings that we announce that Chrissy Tait, co-owner and director of Turnstone HR has decided to retire at the end of July this year, when Sarah Goddard will become the sole active director. We bought Turnstone HR in July 2014 and since then we have worked as partners, colleagues and… Continue Reading

Lizy Scullion

Posted on 13 March 2023 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

Lizy is our HR Assistant and supports the team in both the administrative and creative needs of the company. Having studied in both Edinburgh and Düsseldorf, Germany in the 80’s she gained a degree in Business Administration with languages. Lizy’s career spans over 25 years including working in Business Systems Administration for Reuters plc. Then… Continue Reading

David Nicholson, MCIPD

Posted on 16 January 2023 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

David became an independent HR consultant in early 2022 and began working for Turnstone HR later that year. He gained a BA in Business and Finance, and then completed a post graduate diploma in Personnel Management at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). David has worked in the manufacturing and public sectors in a wide… Continue Reading

Right to Request Flexible working from day one

Posted on 8 December 2022 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

Plans to give employees the right to request flexible working from the first day of their job have been confirmed by the government, although no date has been set for its introduction. In the aftermath of employees working from home during Covid, the Flexible Working Bill aims to give employees greater access to flexibility over… Continue Reading

New Digital Right to Work Checks introduced

Posted on 6 October 2022 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

New legislation regarding how businesses check their employees’ right to work has officially come into effect in the UK as of 1 October, 2022. These rules were originally introduced from April 2022 but it is only from October 2022 that applicants will no longer be able to send their right to work documents to an employer via… Continue Reading

RSS Bookkeeping and Accounts Ltd

Posted on 28 September 2022 by FIWebteam • 0 Comments

We have recently expanded out team at RSS Bookkeeping and accounts and were a little lost in the world of HR and what we needed to do to be compliant. Sarah talked me through the entire process and ensured all the relevant documents were completed and signed in time for our employee’s start dates. Turnstone… Continue Reading

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