While the introduction of neonatal care leave and pay is the key change for HR professionals to get to grips with, there are other employment law changes in April 2025. These include increases to the national minimum wage rates; a rise in statutory redundancy pay; and the uprating of statutory sick pay and family-related pay.
The Brightmine headline measure of pay awards remains stable in the three months to the end of February 2025, confirming the downward trend in pay settlement levels.
At the start of 2025, pay awards have dropped to their lowest level since 2021 - but will this decline continue? Our latest data offers insights into expected pay deals for the year ahead and the key factors shaping them, from affordability to national insurance changes and the national minimum wage.