HR calendar 2013

Keep up to date with all the major events and dates with our HR calendar. View this calendar in Flash. 

January

1/1/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 30,000 to 49,999 people. 

1/1/2013 Bank holiday. 

2/1/2013 Bank holiday (Scotland). 

5/1/2013 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikh anniversary). 

18/1/2013 XpertHR location allowances survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

24/1/2013 Mawlid al-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's Birthday) Islamic religious anniversary. 

25/1/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

25/1/2013 XpertHR pay forecast survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

February

1/2/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 20,000 to 29,999 people. 

1/2/2013 Limit on amount of compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases from £72,300 to £74,200. 

1/2/2013 The maximum amount of a "week's pay" for the purposes of calculating a basic or additional award of compensation for unfair dismissal or redundancy payment increases from £430 to £450. 

1/2/2013 The maximum amount of a guarantee payment payable to an employee in respect of any day increases from £23.50 to £24.20. 

8/2/2013 XpertHR location allowances survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

10/2/2013 Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year). 

12/2/2013 Shrove Tuesday (Christian religious festival). 

13/2/2013 Ash Wednesday (marking the beginning of Lent) (Christian religious festival). 

14/2/2013 Valentine's Day. 

14/2/2013 XpertHR pay forecast survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

22/2/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

24/2/2013 Purim (Jewish festival). 

March

1/3/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 10,000 to 19,999 people. 

1/3/2013 Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks) expected to become portable between employers, from March 2013. 

1/3/2013 XpertHR staff recognition schemes survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

8/3/2013 Parental leave increases from 13 weeks to 18 weeks. 

18/3/2013 Bank holiday (Northern Ireland). 

20/3/2013 The Budget: Chancellor George Osborne delivers his Budget. 

22/3/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

22/3/2013 XpertHR staff recognition schemes survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

24/3/2013 Palm Sunday (Christian religious festival). 

25/3/2013 Employing young people: an ABC guide to recruitment and development - register now for Personnel Today's free 60-minute webinar. 

26/3/2013 Pesach (Passover) (1st day) Jewish religious festival. 

27/3/2013 Holi (Spring festival) (Hindu). 

29/3/2013 Bank holiday. 

31/3/2013 Easter Sunday. 

31/3/2013 British summer time begins (clocks go forward). 

April

1/4/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 6,000 to 9,999 people. 

1/4/2013 Bank holiday (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). 

5/4/2013 XpertHR benefits and allowances survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

6/4/2013 From 6 April, most employers will have to report their PAYE information to HMRC in real time, earlier for some employers. For more details on real time information, visit the XpertHR FAQs section. 

6/4/2013 Statutory sick pay increases from £85.85 to £86.70 per week. 

6/4/2013 The 90-day consultation period where 100 or more redundancies are proposed reduces to 45 days. 

6/4/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment earnings thresholds amended. The lower level of qualifying earnings increases to £5,668; the earnings trigger for auto-enrolment increases to £9,440; and the upper level of qualifying earnings decreases to £41,450. 

7/4/2013 Standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay increases from £135.45 to £136.78 per week. 

10/4/2013 Personnel Today's free 60-minute webinar on employing reservists (in association with XpertHR) sets out the key points that all HR professionals and business owners need to know. Sign up now. 

10/4/2013 XpertHR evaluating learning survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

11/4/2013 Consultation on TUPE closes. 

14/4/2013 Vaisakhi (Sikh religious festival). 

25/4/2013 XpertHR benefits and allowances survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

26/4/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

26/4/2013 XpertHR evaluating learning survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

26/4/2013 XpertHR discipline and grievance survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

May

1/5/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 4,100 to 5,999 people. 

6/5/2013 Bank holiday. 

8/5/2013 Personnel Today's free 60-minute webinar on redundancy consultations (in association with XpertHR) sets out the key points that all HR professionals and business owners need to know. Sign up now. 

8/5/2013 The Queen's Speech: The Queen rounds up the forthcoming legislative agenda. 

15/5/2013 Shavuot (Pentecost) Jewish anniversary related to Passover. 

15/5/2013 XpertHR's Managing TUPE Transfers conference takes place in London. 

17/5/2013 XpertHR discipline and grievance survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

17/5/2013 Consultation on shared parental leave and pay closes. 

20/5/2013 XpertHR performance-related pay survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

24/5/2013 XpertHR stress management survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

24/5/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

27/5/2013 Bank holiday. 

June

1/6/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 4,000 to 4,099 people. 

5/6/2013 Lailat-Ul-Isra' Wal Mi'raj (Islamic religious festival) - one of the most important dates of the Islamic calendar that celebrates the prophet Muhammad's night journey. 

5/6/2013 Personnel Today's free 60-minute webinar will set out a five-step approach to managing long-term sickness absence. Sign up now. 

10/6/2013 10/11 June - United States of America v Nolan is returning to the Court of Appeal from the European Court of Justice. The Court of Appeal will consider when the obligation to consult on collective redundancies is triggered. 

13/6/2013 XpertHR performance-related pay survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

14/6/2013 XpertHR stress management survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

16/6/2013 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikh anniversary). 

21/6/2013 XpertHR learning methods survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

25/6/2013 Whistleblowing rights amended: a disclosure is not protected unless the employee reasonably believes that it is made in the public interest. 

25/6/2013 Tribunal procedures. Provisions simplifying the procedures and the cost of deciding tribunal cases come into force. 

25/6/2013 Unfair dismissal. The two-year qualifying period that an employee must satisfy to be eligible to bring an unfair dismissal claim will no longer apply, where the reason for the dismissal is the employee's political opinions or affiliation. 

28/6/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

29/6/2013 Armed Forces Day. Use our interactive Liveflo flowchart to find out about the issues that you should consider when one of your employees is mobilised for a period of full-time military service. 

July

1/7/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 3,000 to 3,999 people. 

9/7/2013 Start of Ramadan (Islamic festival). 

12/7/2013 Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (NI bank holiday). 

12/7/2013 XpertHR learning methods survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

12/7/2013 XpertHR graduate recruitment survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

16/7/2013 Tisha B'Av - Jewish day of fasting. 

18/7/2013 Government consultation on equal pay audits closes. 

26/7/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

August

1/8/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 2,000 to 2,999 people. 

2/8/2013 XpertHR graduate recruitment survey closes. Last chance to participate and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

5/8/2013 Bank holiday (Scotland). 

8/8/2013 Eid Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) (Islamic festival). 

16/8/2013 XpertHR pay prospects survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

21/8/2013 XpertHR job evaluation survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

23/8/2013 XpertHR competencies survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

23/8/2013 XpertHR publishes its latest monthly review of pay settlement trends on XpertHR.co.uk, giving the going rate for pay deals across the economy and by sector. Click here to add your latest pay award to the XpertHR pay database. 

26/8/2013 Bank holiday (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). 

30/8/2013 XpertHR managing short-term absence survey opens. Participate now and receive a free copy of the research findings. 

September

1/9/2013 The "employee-owner" contract, a new type of employment contract, is introduced. 

1/9/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 1,250 to 1,999 people. 

5/9/2013 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). 

14/9/2013 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (Jewish festival) - the holiest day of the year for religious Jews often involving a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.  

19/9/2013 Sukkot (Tabernacles) (1st day) (Jewish festival) - Sukkot is the third of the three "Pilgrim Festivals" in the Jewish tradition (the other two are Passover and Shavuot). 

October

1/10/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 800 to 1,249 people. 

1/10/2013 National minimum wage. The main rate of the national minimum wage increases to £6.31 per hour, the youth rate increases to £5.03 per hour, and the rate for workers aged 16 to 17 to £3.72 per hour. 

5/10/2013 Navratri (1st day) - Hindu festival of worship and dance. 

15/10/2013 Eid-Ul-Adha (Islamic holiday) - Islamic holiday of sacrifice and thanksgiving. 

27/10/2013 British summer time ends (clocks go back). 

31/10/2013 Halloween. 

November

1/11/2013 Pensions auto-enrolment begins for organisations with PAYE-scheme size of 500 to 799 people. 

3/11/2013 Diwali - Hindu festival of lights. 

4/11/2013 Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year). 

5/11/2013 Bonfire night. 

13/11/2013 Ashura (Islamic day of commemoration). 

17/11/2013 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Lunar calendar) (Sikh anniversary) - Sikh anniversary commemorating Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. 

24/11/2013 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Sikh anniversary) - Sikh anniversary commemorating Guru Tegh Bahadur. 

28/11/2013 Hanukkah (1st day) (Jewish festival). 

December

2/12/2013 Bank holiday (Scotland). 

24/12/2013 Christmas Eve. 

25/12/2013 Christmas Day (bank holiday). 

26/12/2013 Boxing Day (bank holiday).