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This month, the latest instalment of annual increases relating to the minimum wage, the maximum claim amounts awarded in the Employment Tribunal and other statutory rates takes effect. We set out below the main rates and limits that employers should be aware of.

1. Increase in minimum wage

The national minimum wage increased from £10.42

With 2024 now underway, this is the perfect time to check out our Insights publication.

In case you missed it, Insights highlights what’s on the horizon for employers this year across a range of jurisdictions, including the UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong and US, and provides a regional snapshot of the key hot topics

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The Job Security Scheme – announced 24 September 2020

The Chancellor has announced his “Furlough 2.0” – a wage subsidy programme called the Job Support Scheme (“JSS”). The aim, of course, is to help UK employers weather the continuing COVID-19 storm, with the hope of saving jobs or at least staving off mass redundancies when

New legislation came into force on 31 July 2020 to ensure that employees who are on furlough will be entitled to receive their statutory redundancy payments based on their normal wages, rather than on any reduced salary while on furlough. However, there has been no change to the cap on a week’s pay for the