Covid-19 guidance in England
Increases to UK national minimum wage and national living wage
Increases to other employment limits and statutory payments
Introduction of social care levy
Introduction of paid parental bereavement leave in Northern Ireland

There is little legislative change to employment law in April 2022, but new guidance on living with covid-19 is expected to be published and the usual limits and statutory payments have increased.

This article provides an overview of the changes.

Covid-19 guidance in England

Under the government's Living with Covid strategy (for further details please see "Living with covid-19: what does government's plan mean for the workplace?"), many of the current covid-19 measures ended on 1 April 2022:

• end of universal free covid-19 testing;
• employers are no longer obliged to explicitly refer to covid-19 in their health and safety risk assessments;
• the sector-specific guidance on working safely during coronavirus has been replaced; and
• the guidance on self-isolation will also be changed. The new guidance has not yet been published but a government press release suggests that it will advise anyone with symptoms of a respiratory infection and a high temperature or who feels unwell to remain at home until they feel well enough to undertake normal activities and no longer have a high temperature. Anyone receiving a positive covid-19 test result will also be advised to try to stay at home for five days. The new guidance will also recommend...

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