United Kingdom adds an additional public holiday for 2022
The UK government recently announced an additional employer-paid public holiday on Monday, 19 September 2022, for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral.
The United Kingdom to temporarily increase National Insurance Contributions
The U.K. government recently passed legislation introducing a health and social care levy to the National Insurance Contributions (NIC), increasing employer, employee and self-employed contributions by 1.25% of earnings. The NIC increase will apply only for the tax year 2022-23, […]
The United Kingdom to increase minimum wage for private sector employees
The British government recently announced that the national hourly minimum living wage for all workers age 23 and above will increase from GBP 8.91 to GBP 9.50 beginning 1 April 2022. Key details The hourly minimum wage increase of 6.6% […]
United Kingdom adds an additional public holiday for 2022
The UK government introduced one additional paid public holiday that will be celebrated on Friday, 3 June 2022, to honor the Queen’s 70th anniversary as a monarch. The new holiday, which will only be celebrated in 2022, aims to bring […]
Brexit update: What now?
The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have finally reached a post-Brexit trade deal. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, but remained tied to the EU during a transition period until 31 December 2020. As […]
The United Kingdom to expand anti-avoidance employment tax rules to the private sector [Update]
Update: The final version of the private sector IR35 rules are now included in the Finance Act 2020, which received royal assent on 22 July 2020. The IR35 rules will enter into effect on 6 April 2021. Effective 6 April […]
UK Good Work Plan’s sweeping changes
Reforms proposed within the framework of The Good Work Plan (GWP) continue to make their way into UK employment law through various pieces of secondary legislation. Many provisions came into effect 6 April 2020, and other proposals are expected to […]
United Kingdom increases statutory pay rates
The government in the United Kingdom has increased the rates of statutory pay for sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave, effective 6 April 2020. The following weekly rates of statutory pay are expected to apply from 6 […]
United Kingdom creates statutory entitlement to paid parental bereavement leave
On 13 September 2018, the Government of the United Kingdom enacted the new Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, which grants employees who have lost a child statutory paid bereavement leave or pay to take time to grieve. This […]
Brexit and employment law
It has been more than three years since the British public voted to leave the European Union (EU), yet Brexit negotiations are still ongoing to this day. It is still unclear whether the UK parliament will ratify the Brexit agreement […]