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UK employment law changes and key dates 2023

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    Key Dates

    1 APRIL 2023
    • National Minimum and Living Wage rates increase (including the Apprentice Rate).

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    2 APRIL 2023

    • Prescribed rates of statutory shared parental pay, maternity pay, paternity pay, adoption pay and parental bereavement pay increase from £156.66 per week to £172.48 per week.

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     4 APRIL 2023
    • The deadline for publishing gender pay gap data as at the snapshot date of 5 April 2022 (for private and voluntary sector employers with at least 250 employees).

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     6 APRIL 2023
    • Prescribed rate of statutory sick pay increases from £99.35 per week to £109.40 per week.

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     6 APRIL 2023
    • The maximum week's pay used to calculate statutory redundancy payments will increase from £571 to £643.

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     6 APRIL 2023
    • Changes to unfair dismissal limits come into effect.

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     12 APRIL 2023
    • Changes to minimum salary requirements and the going rates for sponsored workers.

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