Forthcoming legislation
| 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 |
| December 2018 |
Immigration Health Surcharge fees to double for visa applicants |
| 18 December 2018 | New naming and shaming scheme introduced for organisations who fail to pay tribunal compensation awards |
| 1 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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30 March 2019 |
EU Settlement Scheme fully opens |
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1 April 2019 |
Increase to national living/minimum wage rates |
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1 April 2019 |
Changes to apprenticeships take effect including reduction in co-investment from 10% to 5% and levy payers can share up to 25% of funds |
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6 April 2019 |
Auto-enrolment minimum contributions increase; employees contributing 5%, employers contributing 3% |
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6 April 2019 |
Increase to Statutory Sick Pay takes effect |
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6 April 2019 |
New right for workers to receive a pay slip introduced |
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6 April 2019 |
Requirement to include number of hours worked on payslips where pay varies according to time worked comes in to force |
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6 April 2019 |
Increase to maximum employment tribunal penalty for aggravated breach, up to £20,000 |
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7 April 2019 |
Increase to Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave Pay take effect |
| 31 October 2019 |
Date the UK was expected to leave the European Union |
| 31 January 2020 |
Date the UK left the European Union with a Withdrawal Agreement |
| 20 March 2020 |
The Job Retention Scheme launched, originally set to last until the end of May. |
| 28 March 2020 |
Emergency coronavirus legislation, Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations 2020, came into force |
| 1 April 2020 |
Increase to national living/minimum wage rates |
| 5 April 2020 |
Increase to statutory maternity pay, paternity pay, adoption pay and shared parental pay |
| 6 April 2020 |
Increase to tribunal compensation rates |
| 6 April 2020 |
Increase to statutory sick pay (SSP) rate |
| 6 April 2020 |
Changes to taxation of termination payments |
| 6 April 2020 |
New law prohibiting use of Swedish derogation agency contracts takes effect |
| 6 April 2020 |
New law lowering the threshold required for information and consultation requests took effect |
| 6 April 2020 |
New day-one right to a written statement of main terms and conditions for workers and employees came into force |
| 6 April 2020 |
Amendments to mandatory information required within a statement of main terms and conditions came into force |
| 6 April 2020 |
New law extending the holiday pay reference period to 52 weeks takes effect |
| 6 April 2020 |
New law requiring employment businesses to provide all agency workers with a Key Information Document takes effect |
| 6 April 2020 |
Parental Bereavement Leave was introduced |
| 17 April 2020 |
New law extending the provision of statutory sick pay to individuals who are 'shielding' from coronavirus |
| 30 April 2020 |
Deadline for agency workers on Swedish derogation agency contracts to be provided with an explanatory statement |
| 26 May 2020 |
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme launched |
| 29 May 2020 |
The Job Retention Scheme was extended to the end of October |
| 30 June 2020 |
The original Job Retention Scheme closed to new applicants |
| 1 July 2020 |
Part-time furlough was introduced |
| 1 August 2020 |
Employers started funding national insurance and pension contributions for furloughed workers |
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1 September 2020 |
Employers started funding 10% of the 80% wage payable to furloughed staff |
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1 October 2020 |
Employers started funding 20% of the 80% wage payable to furloughed staff |
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31 October 2020 |
The Job Retention Scheme was due to close, however it was extended - new applicants could now be furloughed and 80% of their wages claimed. |
| 1 January 2021 |
New immigration scheme came into force for all applicants regardless of nationality |
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4 April 2021 |
New family leave rates came into force |
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6 April 2021 |
New minimum wage and weekly redundancy pay rates came into force. |
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6 April 2021 |
IR35 update: large and medium sized organisations in the private sector who engage contractors through intermediary companies became responsible for assessing the employment status of those contractors. |
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12 April 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - England Hairdressers, nail salons, non-essential retail, gyms, libraries and holiday lets could re-open in England. Pubs and restaurants can open for outdoor service with no curfew or food restrictions (with rule of six) |
| 26 April 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Scotland Hospitality can reopen for outdoor service, in groups of up to six from three households - until 10pm. All remaining non-essential retail reopens |
| 26 April 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Wales Outdoor hospitality can reopen. |
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30 April 2021 |
The Job Retention Scheme was due to close and has now been extended until the end of September. |
| 3 May 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Wales Gyms, leisure centres and fitness facilities can reopen |
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17 May 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Scotland Indoor hospitality can return with greater normality. Cinemas, amusement arcades and bingo halls will reopen |
| 17 May 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Wales Indoor children’s indoor activities will resume and community centres will reopen while organised indoor activities for adults will be allowed, limited to a maximum of 15 people. This includes exercise classes |
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End of May 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Wales The aim if for indoor hospitality and remaining visitor accommodation in advance of Spring Bang Holiday. |
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Early June 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - Scotland Minimal restrictions, but some may still be necessary going forward. |
| 21 June 2021 |
Covid-restrictions relaxation date - England All remaining restrictions lifted. Nightclubs can reopen |
| 30 June 2021 |
EU Settlement Scheme closes to applicants. New right to work checks will be introduced |
| 30 September 2021 |
The Job Retention Scheme will close. |
| 5 October 2021 |
The EHRC will start enforcing the publication of gender pay gaps for public and private companies in 2021 |
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To be confirmed |
New law prohibiting confidentiality clauses in contracts or settlement agreements from preventing disclosures to the police, regulated health and care or legal professionals to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
New law requiring confidentiality clauses to set out their limitations to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
Laws on criminal record disclosures to be amended, reducing the disclosure period for sentences lasting four years or less |
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To be confirmed |
Redundancy protection for new parents to be extended |
| To be confirmed |
New law introducing right for all workers to request a more predictable and stable contract after 26 weeks' service to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
New law to increase break in continuous employment from one week to four weeks 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 |
New legislation to clarify employment status tests to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
New law introducing tribunal sanctions where organisations commit repeated breaches to be introduced |
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To be confirmed |
Extension of shared parental leave to grandparents |
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