Relevant statutory provision
Subject of provision
Old Limit New Limit
8 Section 227(1) of the 1996 Act
Maximum amount of “a week’s pay” for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment or for various awards including the basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal.
£489
£508
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Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19 16 March 2018
The Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19 is due to have its second reading today. The Bill would, among other things, require employers to pay job applicants, undertaking trial work periods, at least the National Minimum Wage.
The Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19 is a Private Member’s Bill and was introduced to Parliament on 19 July 2017 through the ballot procedure. It is sponsored by Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP.
Geographical extent - the Bill would apply to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Bill would, among other things, require employers to pay job applicants, undertaking trial work periods, at least the National Minimum Wage (NMW). It is a response to anecdotal evidence that some employers request that job applicants undertake unpaid trial shifts to prove their ability to perform the work. This has given rise to concerns that the practice is being used to exploit job applicants through extracting free labour with no guarantee of work.
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Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 5 April 2018
This Order provides for the annual uprating of certain social security benefits, pensions and allowances from April 2018 for Northern Ireland, which are the same as those for Great Britain.
The Department for Communities has made a Statutory Rule entitled The Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 which came into operation on 24 March 2018. It revokes and re-enacts the Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017, which would otherwise cease to have effect by virtue of section 166(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 is part of the annual up-rating of social security benefits and pensions and alters the rates and amounts of certain social security benefits and other sums.
The Order details the same rates as The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2018 which covers the rest of the UK and changes certain rates from 1 April 2018.
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Northern Ireland statutory limits on awards and payments 10 April 2018
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
Payroll: need to know
cipp.org.uk
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