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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated with details of the Government's consultation on the Employment Rights Act 2025 measures to strengthen the law on tipping.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to include dates for April 2026 including increases to the national minimum wage, statutory maternity and other family-related statutory pay, redundancy pay, sick pay and paternity leave as well as World Autism Awareness Day and Earth Day.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect the Government’s decision to freeze auto-enrolment thresholds for 2026/27 at 2025/26 levels.
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- Date:
- 21 January 2026
- Type:
- Survey analysis
As we look ahead to 2026, pay awards are expected to remain close to the 3% median recorded for much of 2025.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect HMRC’s announcement that there will be no changes to pensions tax relief values from April 2026.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with reference to the Government announcement to remove income tax relief for non-reimbursed homeworking expenses from 6 April 2026.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
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- Date:
- 17 December 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
After a short-lived lift from public-sector pay deals in the autumn, the UK's median basic pay award has settled back to 3%, confirming 2025 as a year of flatter, more subdued pay growth than 2024.
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- Date:
- 10 December 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Drawing on our latest research data, Brightmine content managers Bar Huberman and Sheila Attwood set out the key priorities for HR and reward professionals in 2026. CEO Scott Walker also joins the podcast to discuss one of the key trends of recent years - AI in the workplace.