Forthcoming legislation
Employment law dates at a glance
Recent developments
This table shows changes that have recently taken place:
| 30 September 2017 |
Guide date for first annual review of modern slavery statements produced by 30 September 2016 |
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1 October 2017 |
Updated list of prescribed persons for whistleblowing purposes |
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1 October 2017 |
Amendments to list of bodies qualified to supervise certain ballots/elections and list of bodies qualified to conduct a ballot on recognition/derecognition of trade union for collective bargaining |
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1 October 2017 |
Technical changes to auto-enrolment for employers whose duties commence from 1 October 2017 |
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10 March 2018 |
'Check off' restrictions to be applied to certain public authorities |
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30 March 2018 |
Gender pay gap reporting date for larger public sector organisations |
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1 April 2018 |
Increase to national living/minimum wage rates |
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1 April 2018 |
Increase to statutory maternity pay, paternity pay, adoption pay and shared parental pay |
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4 April 2018 |
Gender pay gap reporting date for larger private sector organisations |
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6 April 2018 |
Changes to taxation of payments in lieu of notice |
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6 April 2018 |
Increase to statutory rates eg statutory sick pay |
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6 April 2018 |
Increase to employment tribunal maximum awards and limits eg statutory guarantee pay |
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6 April 2018 |
Auto-enrolment minimum contributions increase; employees contributing 3%, employers contributing 2% |
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25 May 2018 |
General Data Protection Regulation came into force |
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1 October 2018 |
Right to unpaid time off work to perform public duties is extended to volunteers monitoring custody conditions |
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4 October 2018 |
Employer-supported childcare voucher schemes closes to new entrants |
Forthcoming changes
This table shows forthcoming changes. See the forthcoming legislation in-depth page for more information on these new statutes and amendments.
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December 2018 |
Immigration Health Surcharge fees to double for visa applicants |
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January 2019 |
Requirement to annually report the pay ratio between CEOs and average employees introduced for listed organisations with more than 250 employees |
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March 2019 |
UK to leave the EU |
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April 2019 |
Auto-enrolment minimum contributions increase; employees contributing 5%, employers contributing 3% |
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April 2019 |
Increase to national living/minimum wage rates |
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6 April 2019 |
Requirement to include total number of hours worked on payslips comes in to force |
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6 April 2019 |
New right for workers to receive a pay slip introduced |
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April 2020 |
Changes to taxation of termination payments |
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2020 |
Paid parental bereavement leave to be introduced |
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Mid-2020s |
Reforms to automatic enrolment to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
New law preventing deductions from 'tips' to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
Extension of shared parental leave to grandparents |
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