Employment Law Updates 2024

Employment Law Updates

There are lots of updates happening in April 2024. Below is a short summary of the changes.

You can get updated policies and new policies from YourHR.guide and these will be available on the day the change comes into effect or as notified.  You can receive notifications when changes are available by going to YourHR.guide/ and signing up to a free account.

If you use YourHR.space, we will do all the updates for you! We will update all your policies and add the new policies required during week commencing 1st April. We will then send communications to all managers and employees so that they are aware of the changes (if you don’t have YourHR.space, maybe you should think of getting it to save yourself lots of time and guarantee you are always up to date and compliant!).

Summary Of Changes

Flexible Working  Date : 6th April

• Requests for flexible working can be made from day 1. Two requests can be made per year. Changes in the procedures regarding time required to respond.

Carers policy Date : 6th April

• A new right to take up to 1 week’s unpaid leave if you are a carer.

Paternity leave  Date : 6th April

• Changes to allow paternity leave to be taken over a longer period of time.

Maternity and Redundancy  Date : 6th April

• Protection for pregnant employees before maternity leave, during and after, to be given priority in offering reasonable alternative employment.

Holidays  Date : 1st April

• For holiday years starting on or after 1st April, to be able to pay non-standard working hours as rolled-up holiday. Changes in monitoring working hours.

Statutory rates  Date : 6th April

• Changes to compensation rates for redundancy, statutory payments for maternity and family friendly rights, increase in basic award for unfair dismissal, increase in minimum wage.  These are all now available on the employment facts page on YourHR.guide

For more information on the above visit the Upcoming Changes page on YourHR.guide.