A new wave of UK Employment Law changes coming April 2020 - are you prepared?
Hopefully you know by know there are at least 7 significant changes in UK Employment law coming into play by April 6 2020 and they're likely to affect your business.
Here’s a quick rundown of the changes. For more information, visit our dedicated portal which includes detailed guidance on each development, top tips for implementing and managing these changes and advice about updating your current policies.
7 Changes to UK Employment Law
Parental Bereavement Leave - there are changes in parental bereavement leave and parental bereavement pay. There is a new statutory provision available for working parents who suffer the loss of a child under the age of 18 or a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy, irrespective of how long they have worked for their employer. If the employee has at least 26 weeks continuous employment they will be entitled to 2 weeks statutory parental bereavement pay.
Holiday Pay - the holiday landscape is constantly moving in the quest to make sure employees are not out of pocket when taking a well earned holiday. The problem currently is that seasonal fluctuations aren’t taken into account and employers can still control the taking of holidays and so it’s likely more holidays are taken in quieter periods.
Written Contracts of Employment - who employment contracts are issued to and the timescales this has to happen in has now changed, along with an extended list of what needs to be included in the Statement.
Agency Workers - there are some major changes affecting businesses who employ agency workers. Abolition of Swedish Derogation, holiday pay, right to written statement and TUPE regulations covering agency staff.
IR35 - known as the ‘off payroll working rules’ they are intended to ensure that individuals who work like employees pay broadly the same employment taxes as other employees. Update - in light of COVID19 these changes have been delayed until April 2021.
ICE Regulations - to boost employee engagement government have reviewed the information and consultation of employees (ICE) regulations, giving employees the right to be involved in workplace discussion such as redundancy proposals. This will affect SMEs with 50 or more employees and are based in the UK.
Statutory Payment Uplifts - including uplifts to annual statutory payments, national minimum wage and employment tribunal compensation - detailed tables of the exact changes in each area can be found on the portal.