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• Type:

  Quick reference

  Statutory redundancy payments ready reckoner

  Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2021.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Cap on exit payments for public-sector workers removed

  HM Treasury Directions disapply the cap on exit payments for public-sector workers, contained in the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Monitoring: financial services

  Updated to include further information on recording obligations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is the £95,000 cap on exit payments in the public sector in force?

• Date:

  5 February 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  IR35: What does public-sector HR need to know about the April 2021 changes?

  HR professionals in public authorities may think that the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector in April 2021 will not affect them. However, public-sector bodies need to be aware of, and prepare for, some changes to the rules.

• Type:

  FAQs

  When can the public-sector exit payment cap be waived?

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Senior Managers and Certification Regimes: financial services

  Updated to reflect that passporting rights ceased at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 and a Temporary Permissions Regime is in place.

• Date:

  4 November 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Modern slavery statement changes: What will employers have to do differently?

  The Government has confirmed that it is going ahead with major changes to the duty on large employers to publish an annual modern slavery statement. What changes will employers have to make to the content of, and process for publishing, their statement and which additional employers will be covered?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Which payments are covered by the public-sector exit pay cap?

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Public-sector exit payments capped

  Updated to reflect that the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 have been finalised and come into force on 4 November 2020.