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The Government has announced the following increases to the national minimum wage rates, to take effect on 1st April 2026: 21 and over – from £12.21 to £12.71ph 18-20 – from £10 to £10.85ph 16-17 and apprentices – from £7.55 to £8ph The Government has also set out its proposed new statutory rates for sick… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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
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
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
The Chancellor has delivered his spring budget and with a primary focus on getting Britain back into work, providing many points for employers and HR to consider: Reducing childcare costs to support working parents It was announced that 30 hours of free childcare for every child over the age of nine months with working parents… Continue Reading
About the National Minimum Wage (NMW) The national minimum wage (NMW) is a prescribed minimum hourly rate of pay which employers must legally pay to most of their workers. There are five different rates of NMW for different age-related categories of worker: National living wage. Since 6 April 2021 this applies to workers aged… Continue Reading
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 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
New National Minimum Wage rates announced Following the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations, the Government has announced that from 1 April 2022, the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates will increase as follows: · National Living Wage – from £8.91 to £9.50 · 21-22 Year Old Rate – from £8.36 to £9.18 ·… Continue Reading
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