Changes to Employment law that came into effect in April 2020
With all that’s happening currently you would be forgiven for missing the recent changes, so here is a quick A-Z summary of the main ones. If you require any further information on any of them, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Agency Workers
From 6 April 2020, you can no longer employ agency workers under the “Swedish Derogation” principle, which entitled you to pay them differently to your own employees. If you do have any agency workers on Swedish Derogation contracts you should look at either taking them on as direct hires or moving them onto standard agency contracts.
Employer to Pay NIC Charge on Termination Payments.
From 6 April 2020, you will now have to pay employer’s national insurance contributions (NICs) on the balance of any termination payment exceeding £30,000. So if, for example, the payment is £35,000 you will have to pay Class 1A NICs on the