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- January
- 10th - Parental Leave to Increase from 3 to 4 Months
The Governmenr has until 8th March to bring in force the Parental Leave Directive increasing the anount of parental leave to 4 months More... - 5th - Redundancy Costs to Increase
The cap on a week’s pay for calculating redundancy pay increases £430 More... - 5th - Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Pay rates to Increase
SMP, SPP and SAP rates to increase to £135.45 per week from April 2012 More... - 5th - Statutory Sick Pay Rate to Increase
SSP rate to increase to £85.85 per week from April 2012 More... - 5th - Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance Contributions to Increase
Lower earnings limit for primary Class 1 national insurance contributions to increase to £107 from April 2012 More... - 4th - Unfair Dismissal – Maximum Compensatory Award to Increase
The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases £72,300 in February 2012 More...
- November
- 23rd - Service Qualification to Claim Unfair Dismissal to Increase
The qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims will increase from 1 to 2 years' service on 1st April 2012 More...
- August
- 19th - Government consults on a new parental leave, flexible working, annual leave and equal pay audits
Consultation has now closed on proposals to revise the Working Time Regulations in respect of leave carry over, revised parental leave, extending the right to request flexible working and requiring employment tribunals to order equal pay audits More...
- May
- 19th - Bribery Act 2010
The Bribery Act 2010 comes into force on 1st July 2011; contravention of the Act exposes companies and individuals to legal penalties. More...
- March
- 7th - Default Retirement Age to be Abolished
The default retirement age of 65 will be abolished on 1st October 2011 which means that employers will no longer be able to compulsorily retire employees once they reach their 65th birthday More... - 7th - Additional Paternity Leave Rights
The Paternity Leave Regulations will give fathers / partners the right to take up to six months leave More... - 7th - Flexible Working Rights Extension Scrapped
The right to request flexible working for parents of children aged under 18 have been scrapped. More... - 7th - Training Request Extension Rights Scrapped
The right to request time off work for training in organisations employing less than 250 people have been scrapped. More...
- January
- 25th - Consultation on Employment Legislation
The Government is consulting organisations on possible changes in employment legislation More... - 14th - National Minimum Wage Amendments
Amendments have been made to Minimum Wage Regulations to plug loophole More... - 13th - Royal Wedding – An extra day’s holiday?
Royal Wedding - Paid holiday for employees or not? More... - 12th - Redundancy Costs to Increase
Redundancy costs to increase More... - 11th - Unfair Dismissal – Maximum Compensatory Award Increase
The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases to £68,400 More... - 11th - Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Pay rates Increase
SMP, SPP and SAP rates to increase on 4th April 2011 More... - 11th - Statutory Sick Pay Rate Increase
Statutory Sick Pay rate to increase in April More...
- December
- 6th - Agency Workers to Obtain Same Rights as Employees
The Government has published the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 giving agency workers new rights More...
- November
- 25th - Additional Paternity Leave Regulations to Remain
Additional Paternity Leave Regulations will be implemented and will affect parents of children born on or after 3rd April 2011 More... - 25th - Flexible Working Rights to be Extended
Flexible Working Requests are to be extended to parents of children aged under 18-years-old from April 2011. More... - 25th - Bribery Offences Introduced
The Bribery Act 2010 which comes into force in April 2011 More... - 25th - Default Retirement Age to be Abolished
The Government has announced that it intends to scrap the default retirement age from on 1st October 2011 More... - 25th - Plans for Automatic Enrolment into Workplace Pensions
The Government has confirmed automatic enrolment into workplace pensions will go ahead More...
- September
- 24th - Equality Act 2010 comes into force
The Equality Act 2010 comes into force on 1st October 2010 and will impact on all employers. The Act has two main purposes; firstly to harmonise discrimination law which has been has developed in many different Acts over the past 40 years and secondly More...
- July
- 29th - Default Retirement Age to be Scrapped
the Government has announced that the default retirement age (DRA) will be scrapped on 1st October 2011 More... - 22nd - Pre-employment health questionnaires to stop
The new Equality Act, which comes into force in October will prohibit employers from asking candidates pre-employment health questions More... - 13th - Tribunal claims at highest level ever
The Tribunals Service statistics for 2009/10 show that the number of claims received by employment tribunals rose by 56% on 2008/09 - the highest level ever More... - 2nd - Vetting & Barring Scheme on hold
The Government has put the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) registration process on hold pending further review More...
- June
- 3rd - New company car advisory fuel rates
HMRC has announced new advisory fuel rates that can be used by employers paying employees a business mileage when driving an employer owned car More...
- April
- 2nd - Minimum Wage Increase – October 2010
Minimum wage rates set to increase in October 2010 and a new wage rate will be established for apprentices More...
- February
- 1st - Agency Workers Directive
The Governemnt has delayed the AWD until October 2011 More...
- January
- 21st - Paternity Leave to be Extended
Fathers to benefit from up to 26 weeks' additional paternity leave from April 2011 More... - 21st - Time off for Training
Employees to be provided with the statutory right to request time off work for training More... - 21st - GP Medical Certificates to Change
Sick Notes to be replaced by Fit Notes from April 2010 More... - 19th - Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Pay to Increase
Statutory maternity, paternity pay and adoption pay to increase to £124.88 per week in April More... - 19th - SSP Unchanged
SSP will not be increased this April. The weekly rate remains as £79.15 per week More... - 12th - Unfair Dismissal – Compensatory Award Decrease
The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal decreases from £66,200 to £65,300 from 1st February 2010 More...
- October
- 2nd - Default retirement age to stay (for the time being)
On 25th September, the High Court ruled that the UK's default retirement age (DRA) was justified but the Government has brought forward its review of the DRA to 2010 More...
- August
- 20th - Long Term Sickness & Holiday Pay
The EJC has ruled that the right to paid annual leave continues to accrue during sick leave More... - 17th - Right to Request Time off Work for Training
The Government is pressing ahead with its plans to provide employees with the right to request time off work for training More... - 10th - Extended Statutory Maternity Pay Suspended
The Government has suspended its plans to increase Statutory Maternity Pay More...
- June
- 30th - 48 Hour Opt Out to Remain
With no agreement reached on the issue of Britain's ability to opt out of the 48 hour week, employees will be able to continue to work more than this limit if they choose to do so More... - 1st - New Equality Bill Published
The Government has published the new Equality Bill which is expected to come into force in October 2010 More...
- May
- 27th - Minimum Wage Rates to Increase
Minimum Wage Rates set to increase in October More...
- April
- 29th - Worker Registration Scheme to be Extended
The Government announced an extension of the Worker Registration Scheme until April 2011 More... - 24th - Redundancy Pay set to Increase
Budget announcement - Redundancy pay set to increase More... - 2nd - TUPE Regulations Amended
Following repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures, The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations that come into force on 6th April More...
- January
- 21st - Right to request flexible working to be extended
- the Government has confirmed that the right to request flexible working will be extended in April 2009 to parents of children up to the age of 16 More... - 21st - Maternity pay rate to increase
- the standard rate of SMP is to increase to £123.06 in April More... - 21st - Paternity & Adoption pay rates to increase
- the weekly rate is to increase to £123.06 in April More... - 21st - Statutory Sick Pay Rate to Increase
- increases to £79.15 per week in April More...
- December
- 15th - Unfair Dismissal Costs to Increase
- the maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal rises to £66,200 on 1st Feb 2009 More... - 10th - Personal Accounts Pension Scheme Outlined
- the Pensions Act 2008 provides for compulsory employer contributions into pension schemes from April 2012 More... - 10th - New ACAS Code on Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures
- the revised ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures has been published and come into force on 6th April 2009 More...
- October
- 1st - Compulsory Retirement Age Challenged
– Advocate General rejects key argument in the Heyday case More... - 1st - Fixed-term Employees - Regulation Change
Change to Fixed Term Worker Rights – agency workers on contracts of less than 3 months are now entitled to Statutory Sick Pay. More... - 1st - Maternity Leave Regulations Change
– new regulations remove the distinction between the rights of employees on ordinary and additional maternity leave on 5th Oct 2008 More...