Employment Law Changes April 2016
The Following Changes to UK Employment Law come into force in this month
- National living wage to be introduced and doubling of the penalties to £20k for non-payment of the national minimum wage and living wage, as well as possible disqualification of directors.
- Financial penalties to be imposed on employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award or ACAS settlement.
- Employment tribunal postponement provisions to come into force (to stop parties continually delaying proceedings)
- Employment tribunal limits to increase (a week’s pay will be £479, the maximum basic award will be £14,370 and the maximum compensatory award will be the lower of £78,962 and 52 weeks’ actual gross pay). A day’s pay is kept frozen at £26 (for lay-offs)
- Statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay and shared parental pay to stay the same.
- The new single tier state pension comes into force (no more SERPS/ S2P) and also no more contacting out certificates.
- NI contributions are abolished for apprentices under the age of 25