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Law Changes – April 2026

Apr 13, 2026

Employment Law Changes – April 2026 Alongside the usual annual updates to statutory rates, April 2026 also introduced a number of wider employment law changes. Statutory rate increases National Living Wage (age 21 and over) increased to £12.71 per hour 18–20 year old...

Law Changes – April 2025

Oct 6, 2025

April 2025 From 6 April 2025, several new employment rights and statutory updates took effect. These apply to businesses of all sizes and across all sectors. Statutory rates increased • National Living Wage increased to £12.21 per hour for workers aged 21 and over •...

New rules on tips and gratuities

Oct 6, 2025

From 1 October 2024, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 came into force. If your business collects or controls tips, service charges, or gratuities, you are now required to: • Pass 100% of the amount to workers, with no deductions other than standard tax and...

EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES – 2024

Mar 27, 2024

The UK Government has been approving a number of employment law changes coming into effect in 2024. Statutory rates for the following will be increasing from 1 April 2024: National Minimum Wage increases to £11.44 per hour (for those aged 21 and over) Development rate...

What’s changing: How holiday pay is calculated for irregular hours / zero hours / casual workers

Feb 25, 2024

When is it changing: For holiday years, starting April 2024 How to calculate holiday pay for those working irregular hours, such as zero hours or casual bank contracts, has been a bone of contention for some time now. Since the ruling from the EAT in July 2022, Harpur...