Vento Bands and Statutory Rates
It’s that time of year whether is an annual increase to statutory rates of pay set by the government. With effect from April 2025, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption pay increases to £187.03 per week, with Statutory Sick Pay increasing to £118.75. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases to £118,223.00 and the Statutory […]
Employment Law Changes – Neonatal Care
A new piece of legislation, the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 came into force on 6th April 2025 and introduces two new rights – neonatal care leave and neonatal car pay. This is a ‘day 1’ right meaning there is no qualifying service, and is eligible to parents of babies admitted to neonatal […]
National Minimum Wage
The NMW increased on 1st April 2025 and workers over the age of 21 are now entitled to a minimum rate of pay of £12.21 per hour. The apprentice rate has seen a big increase from £6.40 to £7.55 per hour. 18-20 year olds must now earn a minimum of £10.00 per hour, and the […]
New services on the horizon…Executive Function Coaching
We are delighted to share the fact that Rebecca is undertaking a qualification in Executive Function Coach Training – initially the first of a 4 module course beginning with a Core Coaching Certificate and working towards a Master Executive Function Caching Certificate. Executive functions are the ways in which our brain process and manages things […]
More things on the horizon – lots to come!
As well as the Employment Rights Bill, the Labour government is committed to a number of other initiatives as part of their ‘Make Work Pay’ manifesto, which may cover a ban on unpaid internships, the ‘right to disconnect’, single worker status, the removal of age bands for the National Minimum Wage, the introduction of Equality […]
Employment Rights Bill & changes to employment law
With the new government, comes the pledge of many changes to employee rights relating to their employment. The Employment Rights Bill covers a range of changes to existing practices, as well as the introduction of new protections for workers such as a ‘day one’ right to claim unfair dismissal. Whilst it isn’t expected immediately, a […]
Employer’s duty to prevent sexual harassment – employers should take note!!
This legislation came into force last month (26th October 2024) and provides employers with a statutory duty to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment. It is reported that at least 3 out of every 10 women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. Whilst this currently only applies to ’sexual’ harassment, as opposed to […]
Legislation on the horizon
The obligations for organisations is set to increase in terms of preventing sexual harassment, with employers having a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent any such harassment – just having a policy would not be considered sufficient. Tribunals will be able to uplift compensation payments by up to 25% when breaches occur. This […]
Employment Law Update
As well as changes to some family friendly employment legislation and statutory rates (both detailed in other TMHRS News), there have been more updates that employers, organisations and the wider public will need to be aware of. These include the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023 giving extended protection from redundancy for certain groups […]
National Minimum Wage, National Living Wage and other rates
April 2024 sees the biggest monetary increase for the National Living Wage to £11.44 per hour, with the age limit also reducing from 23 years old to 21 years old. The new pay rates for under 21 year olds and apprentices are: 18-20 year olds: £8.60 per hour 16- 17 year olds: £6.40 per hour […]