April 2026 Is Less Than a Month Away. Here’s Every Employment Law Change You Need to Know About.

March 9, 2026 by Tom Street

Workplace notice board with pinned employment law changes for April 2026

News 8 March 2026 • By Tom Street, Solicitor Key Facts The biggest single batch of Employment Rights Act 2025 changes takes effect on 6 April 2026 Statutory sick pay becomes a day-one right with no earnings threshold and no waiting days Paternity leave and unpaid parental leave become day-one rights The protective award for failing to consult on collective redundancies doubles from 90 to 180 days’ pay Sexual harassment …

National Living Wage (rates and when they apply)

June 9, 2021September 28, 2017 by

Rate from April 2017 Age Living Wage Rate 25+ years £7.50 21-24 £7.05 18-20 £5.60 16-17 £4.05 Apprentice £3.50 Workers must be paid the above rates according to their age group for every hour that they work. The calculation is based on work as a whole. That means if a person is paid a rate above the living wage for some of the work they do then that may balance …