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New UK Employment Law Changes Taking Effect

by Paul McGrath and Charlotte Moorhouse | May 2, 2024 | Employee Benefits, Employment

This spring sees the introduction of a number of important changes to employment laws in the United Kingdom. These include:

Expansion of the existing right to request flexible working
New rules for the calculation of holiday and holiday pay entitlement for irregular hour workers and part-year workers
A new unpaid leave right for carers
Greater flexibility in respect of paternity leave
Enhanced redundancy protection for pregnant employees and employees taking certain family leave
Increases in minimum wage limits
Increases in the value of certain potential tribunal awards and other statutory payment entitlements
Increases in the value of potential injury to feeling awards in discrimination cases

Read about the changes here.

UK Employment Alert: Flexible Working Flexes

by Irina Denisova | Jul 3, 2014 | Employment

by Katie Clark and James Noble

With effect from 30 June 2014, the right to request flexible working has expanded so that it now applies to any employee with at least 26 weeks’ service. Employers should amend their flexible working policy documents to reflect the changes to the regime and plan in advance how they will deal with a possible increase in the number of requests.

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UK Employment Law Developments – 2013 Looking Back and 2014 Looking Forwards

by Irina Denisova | Feb 18, 2014 | Employment

by Katie Clark and Richard Cook

2013 saw a raft of changes to UK employment law and there are likely to be more in 2014. In this Employment Alert, we recap some of the key changes that happened in 2013 and look ahead at what to expect in 2014.

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