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- Date:
- 13 January 2023
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.
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- Date:
- 17 November 2022
- Type:
- News
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has confirmed an increase to the national living wage and significant tax rises in his Autumn Statement today.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
Updated to reflect the real living wage rates, as announced by the Living Wage Foundation, from 22 September 2022.
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- Date:
- 23 June 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Low Pay Commission's review of the national living wage found it has reduced regional pay inequality and contributed to narrowing gender and ethnicity pay gaps, but it has not led to higher incomes and or any measurable increase in productivity.
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- Date:
- 14 March 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay, and the end of HMRC's IR35 enforcement "grace period".
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- Date:
- 8 December 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.
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- Date:
- 3 December 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
As well as continuing to deal with workplace issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there will be many other important employment law developments for HR to grapple with in 2022. What does HR need to do to meet its obligations and prepare for the coming year?
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The hourly rates of the national minimum wage increase.
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- Date:
- 18 August 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Most employers recognise that recruitment is far from an exact science. A candidate might interview well, but how do we know that they can fulfil the role? Alan Lewis, partner with Constantine Law, examines the grey area of work trials and their interpretation under national minimum wage rules.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect a change to record keeping requirements regarding the national minimum wage, effective 1 April 2021.