Welcome to the 13th window of the NOVATIVE advent calendar. Today’s window is looking at two changes to employment law in 2019.
1st April 2019: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has recommended that the hourly rates should increase in April 2019:
- From £7.83 to £8.21 for workers aged 25 and over (the National Living Wage)
- From £7.38 to £7.70 for 21-24-year-olds
- From £5.90 to £6.15 for 18-20-year-olds
- From £4.20 to £4.35 for 16-17-year-olds
- From £3.70 to £3.90 for apprentices aged under 19 or in the first year of their apprenticeship.
For more information please go to the GOV.UK website.
6th April 2019: Payslip changes
Two important changes to the Employment Rights Act 1996, affecting pay slip information, will come into force on 6 April:
- Employers must include the total number of hours worked where the pay varies according the hours worked, for example under variable hours or zero hours contracts.
- Payslips must be given to ‘workers’ and not just employees.
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