The following employment and immigration law changes are coming into force in April 2023:
Employment changes
| National minimum wage | The national minimum wage rates will increase from 1 April 2023 as follows:
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| Statutory rates | Statutory maternity, adoption, shared parental, paternity and parental bereavement pay will increase from 156.66 to 172.48 per week from 2 April 2023. Statutory sick pay will increase from 99.35 to 109.40 per week from 6 April 2023. |
| Tribunal compensation | The maximum unfair dismissal compensatory award will increase from 93,878 to 105,707. Consequently, for any dismissals which take effect on or after 6 April 2023, the cap on the compensatory award will be the lower of 105,707 or 52 weeks' pay. The limit on a week's pay used to calculate certain statutory payments and provisions will rise from 571 to 643 from 6 April 2023. As a result, the maximum basic award and statutory redundancy payment will be 19,290. |
| Income tax | From 6 April 2023, the threshold above which taxpayers pay the top rate of tax is going to be... |
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