Legal development

Save the date – UK employment law changes and key dates

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    What's on the horizon? Helping to make sure you don't miss the upcoming changes to employment laws and key dates.

    Just click on the links below to save these key dates to your calendar.

    1 APRIL

    National Minimum and Living Wage rates increase (including the Apprentice Rate).

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    2 APRIL

    EU travellers to the UK now require an Electronic Travel Authorisation.

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    4 APRIL

    The deadline for publishing gender pay gap data as at the snapshot date of 5 April 2024 (for private and voluntary sector employers with at least 250 employees).

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    6 APRIL

    Prescribed rates of shared parental pay, maternity pay, paternity pay, adoption pay and parental bereavement pay increase £184.03 per week to £187.18 per week.

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    6 APRIL

    Prescribed rate of statutory sick pay increases from £116.75 per week to £118.75.

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    6 APRIL

    The maximum week's pay used to calculate statutory redundancy payments will increase from £700 to £719.

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    6 APRIL

    Changes to unfair dismissal limits come into effect.

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    6 APRIL

    Employees now have the right to neonatal leave and pay.

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    Further Information

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