| Date |
Legislation/Event |
Details |
| 6 April 2012 |
Qualifying period for unfair dismissal |
Qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims becomes 2 years |
| 6 April 2012 |
Pension auto-enrolment begins |
Employers with 50 or more employees have to enrol eligible employees automatically and make mandatory employer contributions |
| 6 April 2012 |
Changes to employment tribunal procedure |
- Witness statements will be taken as read
- Expenses withdrawn for witnesses
- Maximum amounts for costs and deposit orders to increase
- Judges to sit alone for unfair dismissal claims
|
| 6 April 2012 |
Sick pay increase |
Statutory sick pay will increase from £81.60 to £85.85 per week |
| 1 April 2012 |
Maternity, paternity and adoption pay increase |
The standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay will increase from £128.73 to £135.45 per week |
| 1 Feb 2012 |
Statutory redundancy payments and guarantee payments increase |
- The maximum amount of a week's pay used to calculate a statutory redundancy payment increases from £400 to £430
- The limit on the amount of a guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day increases from £22.20 to £23.50
|
| 1 Feb 2012 |
Unfair dismissal awards increase |
- Basic and additional awards for unfair dismissal increases from £400 to £430
- The maximum unfair dismissal compensatory award increases from £68,400 to £72,300
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