Key dates to note for the coming months:
1st February:
- A week’s pay will increase from £400 to £430 for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy pay and the basic award for unfair dismissal.
- The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase from £68,400 to £72,300.
1st April:
- Statutory maternity/paternity/adoption pay will increase from £128.73 to £135.45 per week
6th April:
- Statutory sick pay will increase from £81.60 to £85.85 per week.
- The qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims will increase from one to two years.
5th June:
- Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (additional bank holiday). The Spring bank holiday has been moved from the end of May to Monday 4th June to create a four-day weekend.
1st October:
- Automatic enrolment pensions and National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) commences for larger employers, to be phased in for other employers over four years.
