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1 October changes

1st October (along with 1st April) is the date when many employment law legislative changes are introduced. We do not have any major changes this time round (we were expecting the Gender Pay Gap Regulations to come into force, but that has been pushed back to April 2017).

However, we do have the annual increase to national minimum wage rates: increasing to £6.95ph for workers aged 21 to 24 (with lower rates for younger workers). The national living wage for workers aged over 25 remains at £7.20ph.

Comment

We were never likely to have many changes this October after the Brexit vote in the summer. The government are currently concentrating on the outcome of that and we are unlikely to have many major employment law-related changes over the next couple of years.

Our Employment Team, based in Christchurch, also cover Bournemouth, Poole and the New Forest. For a free initial chat, please call 01202 499255 and Paul or a member of the team will be happy to discuss any questions that you may have.

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