|
Date |
Recent and Forthcoming Developments |
|
6 April 2009 |
The right to request flexible working extended to parents of children up to age 16. |
| 6 April 2009 |
The provisions of the Employment Act 2008 repealing the statutory dispute resolution procedures and related rules on procedural fairness were enacted and new guidance introduced. |
| 6 April 2009 |
Statutory Sick Pay increased from £75.40 to £79.15. |
| 29 April 2009 |
The Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004 set up the workers registration system (WRS) regulating access to the UK labour market by nationals from eight of the States (“the A8”) that acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004. |
| 1 October 2009 |
The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 increased the minimum national wage rate for adults from £5.73 to £5.80 per hour and the development rate from £4.77 to £4.83 per hour with effect from 1 October 2009. |
| 1 October 2009 |
Increase in the level of statutory redundancy pay making the weekly rate £380 instead of £350 (as it had been from 1 February) and the maximum amount of statutory redundancy pay (20 years x 1.5 weeks x £380) £11,400. |
| 12 October 2009 |
Single vetting system for checking the suitability of potential employees to work with children and vulnerable adults will start to be phased in. The system will be introduced under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. |
| No earlier than April 2010 |
Additional Paternity Leave and Pay will enable employed fathers to take up to 26 weeks additional paternity leave, some of which can be paid if the mother of the child has returned to work. |
| No earlier than April 2010 |
Proposed extension of paid maternity and adoption leave to 12 months, some of which will probably be transferable to the partner. These changes will apply to a woman whose EWC begins on or after 6 April 2010 (or an adopter whose child is expected to be placed with him/her on or after 6 April 2020). |