Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
Sick pay
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Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage.
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Top 10 HR questions February 2024: holiday, carer’s leave and flexible working
by XpertHRby XpertHRLast month's FAQs focus on upcoming law changes in April including carer's leave, irregular hours holiday pay, and flexible working.
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New CBI president Rupert Soames says the Labour party's proposals for workers' rights should be watered down.
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Matt Hancock: ‘Having higher sick pay… would encourage employers to do more to look after the health of their employees.’
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The government has launched a call for evidence into the effectiveness of statutory sick pay.
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Sickness absence rates hit 7.8 days per year on average in 2023, the highest level reported in a decade and two days more than pre-pandemic.
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The percentage of working hours lost to sickness or injury rose to 2.6% in 2022, the highest it has been since 2004.
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MPs have suggested that statutory sick pay (SSP) reforms, including eligibility from the first day of illness, should be brought forward.
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The Resolution Foundation has called for a renewed 'good work' agenda to improve minimum standards for workers.
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Thousands of NHS workers with long Covid are missing out on pay due to a change in sickness policy, a BBC Panorama investigation suggests.
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While the Employment Bill, first promised by the government in 2019, has not materialised, some changes to employment law do...
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The 2023/24 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been set by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Last month's most popular HR questions focused on the impact of an extra bank holiday for the Queen's state funeral.
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With new variants sparking a fresh rise in coronavirus cases across the UK and no formal government guidance, how should...