A raft of employment law changes have come into effect over the past few months. In this edition of the podcast, Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss some developments that have perhaps received less attention than others: the changes to special redundancy protection for family-related leave that came into force on 6 April 2024.
Updated to include information on the extension of redundancy protection in the rest of the UK and Scotland, and to reflect the increase in a week's pay for calculating statutory redundancy pay in Northern Ireland, effective from 6 April 2024.
Updated to reflect the increase in the cap on a week's pay for the purposes of calculating redundancy pay and the extension of redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents in force from 6 April 2024.