April
brings with it the usual annual increases to the national minimum wage and statutory
pay for family-friendly leave and sickness absence. But the effects of Good Work: the Taylor review of modern
working practices, published in 2017, are still being felt and changes are
being introduced to protect vulnerable workers in increasingly flexible
business models.
Changes to IR35 tax rules are also expected along with the introduction of the right to parental bereavement leave. A raft of measures designed to protect vulnerable workers also come into force.
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