New employment legislation due to come into force April 2017!

1. Employment Law
Updates!
Created by HR Team
Pathway Group
Effective from April 2017
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

2. Gender Pay Gap Reporting
Due to be introduced 6th April 2017 and must produce
within 12 x months onto their website
Larger employer with 250+ employees will have to report
data about their gender pay inc. bonus payments
Report on proportion on men and women employees in
different pay quartiles and who get bonuses.
As a private sector organisation, we must base our pay
data on staff employed on 5 April every year
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

3. Apprenticeship LevyApprenticeship Levy
Comes into effect 6th
April 2017
If employers have a paybill of more than £3million, then
they pay the monthly levy via PAYE.
To enable access funding through a digital service, which
is expected to operate from 1 May 2017
Employers that do not pay the levy - will get access
funding for apprenticeships
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

4. Immigration Skills Charge
Employers that sponsor skilled workers under tier 2 of immigration points-
based system will pay levy of £1,000 per certificate of sponsorship per year -
£364 for small employers & charities
The Levy will apply in relation to each worker under tier 2.
To come into force into 6th
April 2017
The tier 2 (general) salary threshold will increase to £30k from 6th
April 2017 –
for migrants who are “experienced workers”
http://www.xperthr.co.uk/employment-law-manual/employing-foreign-nationals/2034
As of April 2017 – Those workers under Tier 2 for certain posts in Education/
Social Care and Health Sectors are to obtain criminal records certificates from
the countries that they have lived in over last 10 x years.
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

5. Reform to IR35 in public
sector
May apply where an individual supplies his or her
services to a client via an intermediary, ie. Personal
services company
New rules apply from April 2017
If intermediary applies, the public authority are to make
tax and NIC deductions.
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

6. Tax Advantages under Salary-
sacrifices to be limited
Benefits in kind – attract tax and NIC
advantages when provided under salary
sacrifice scheme – this is to limit.
Take effect from 6 April 2017
Arrangements already in place are protected
until April 2018, and until 2021 for some
benefits
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

7. National Min. Wage increases
1st
April 2017 – NMW to increase
Purpose is to align with other national minimum
wage rates for workers over 25 years of age.
Rate for workers over age of 25 increases from
£7.20 to £7.50
Rates within other age bands will also increase
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

8. Pensions advice allowance
introduced
Members of defined-contribution and mixture of
pension schemes – to take a tax-free amount of
£500 from their scheme, and is to be redeemed
beside the expense of financial advice.
Allowance to take effect from 6 April 2017
Value of pensions advice employers provide
where tax and NIC relief will increase from £150
to £500
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

9. Statutory family-related pay &
pay rates increase
Expected to be in effect soon – tbc
Repayment of public sector exit payments – New Rules
(expected 2016)
New tax-free childcare scheme – expected to launch during
April.
Statutory maternity/ Paternity/ adoption/ shared parental
pay weekly rates – to increase to £140.98 for pay weeks
from or after 2 April 2017
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator

10. Statutory redudancy pay
increases
New limits on employment statutory redundancy pay
come into force on 6 April 2017
Employees who are dismissed for redundancy must pay
those with 2+ years services an amount based on
employee’s weekly pay/ length of service and age.
Weekly pay is subject to maximum amount.
From 6 April 2017, it will increase from £479 to £489.
29/03/17 By Julie Phung - HR Administrator