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National minimum wage increases - 1 October 2008

The main (adult) rate of the national minimum wage rises from £5.52 to £5.73 per hour. In addition, the development rate increases from £4.60 to £4.77 and rate for workers aged 16 and 17 increases from £3.40 to £3.53 per hour.


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Amendments to law on terms and conditions of employment during maternity leave - 5 October 2008

The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 narrow the extent to which it is not discriminatory to deprive a woman of the benefit of her terms and condition of employment during maternity leave. The amendments apply where a woman's expected week of childbirth begins on or after 5 October 2008.


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Statutory minimum holiday entitlement increases - 1 April 2009
The second phase of a two-part rise in statutory minimum holiday entitlement results in an increase from 4.8 weeks to 5.6 weeks.

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Repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures - April 2009

Section 1 of the Employment Bill, which was published in December 2007, repeals the statutory dispute resolution procedures set out in the Employment Act 2002, sections 29 to 33 and Schedules 2 to 4.


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Extended paternity pay and leave come into force - April 2010

Although the first six months of maternity leave is to be preserved for women, the Work and Families Act 2006 allows for regulations to be made permitting fathers to benefit from additional paternity leave if the mother returns to work before the end of the maternity leave period to which she is entitled.


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