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Statutory changes
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
From April 2009 the following will apply:
Sick Pay:
SSP Increases from £75.40 to £79.15 per week
Maternity Pay:
For the first 6 weeks payment is 90% of the employee's average weekly earnings. The remaining weeks it is the lesser of £123.06 a week or the earnings-related rate of 90% of the employee's average weekly earnings
Paternity and Adoption pay:
The weekly rate is the lesser of £123.06 a week or the earnings-related rate of 90% of the employee's average weekly earnings
Statutory Paid holiday:
Minimum paid holiday increases from the current 24 days to 28 days, for those working a 5 day week.
National Minimum Wage:
Increased penalties come into force for non-compliance to pay NMW to workers
Right to Flexible Working:
The rights to request flexible working by an employee, who has responsibility for a child, has been extended to children up to the age of 16 (previously it was for a child under the age of 6 or 18 if registered disabled)
