{"id":992,"date":"2014-05-08T14:50:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T14:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2014-05-08T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T14:50:24","slug":"employment-law-changes-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my-brains.co.uk\/jackross\/employment-law-changes-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment law changes in effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of changes to employment rules and regulations came into force with the start of the new financial year on 6 April.<\/p>\n<p>The changes affect many areas of employment law, from employment tribunals and discrimination, to everyday areas such as auto-enrolment and maternity pay.<\/p>\n<p>Key changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statutory maternity and paternity pay have increased from \u00a3136.78 to \u00a3138.18<\/li>\n<li>The time period for auto-enrolling workers has increased from 1 month to 6 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Employee complaints are now required to submit details to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)<\/li>\n<li>Employers will now face fines of up to \u00a35,000 if they lose a case at tribunal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employment relations minister, Jenny Willott, said the tribunal changes will help \u201cavoiding stress, time delays and excessive costs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>David Coulter, director of HR Heroes, urged small and medium-sized businesses to pay attention to the changes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These rule changes are taking place in areas that affect companies each day so it\u2019s important employers are aware of them. 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