{"id":8601,"date":"2024-03-26T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/?post_type=resources&p=8601"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:51:59","slug":"april-2024-employment-law-changes","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.brightmine.com\/uk\/resources\/hr-compliance\/employment-law-updates\/april-2024-employment-law-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2024 employment law changes: Eight-point checklist for HR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stephen Simpson<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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With a raft of employment law changes taking effect in April 2024, we provide a final reminder for HR professionals of what their organisation needs to do to comply with the new and amended employment laws. This April, the challenges for HR include: the introduction of carer’s leave; reforms to the right to request flexible working; and updated rules on timing and notice to take paternity leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 April: Comply with national minimum wage rises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The rates of the national minimum wage increase on 1 April 2024, including an increase of the main national minimum wage (the national living wage) from \u00a310.42 to \u00a311.44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the national living wage is extended to apply to workers aged 21 and over for pay reference periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024. (For pay reference periods beginning before this date, the national living wage rate applies to those aged 23 and over.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employers should check their pay rates against the new minimum wage rates to ensure that, where necessary, they increase remuneration for the first pay reference period beginning on or after 1 April 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employers must also ensure that workers are paid at least the minimum rate for the age band into which they fall. This means that employees who are aged 21 or 22 may be entitled to a pay rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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