This spring sees the introduction of a number of important changes to employment laws in the United Kingdom. These include:

• Expansion of the existing right to request flexible working
• New rules for the calculation of holiday and holiday pay entitlement for irregular hour workers and part-year workers
• A new unpaid leave right for carers
• Greater flexibility in respect of paternity leave
• Enhanced redundancy protection for pregnant employees and employees taking certain family leave
• Increases in minimum wage limits
• Increases in the value of certain potential tribunal awards and other statutory payment entitlements
• Increases in the value of potential injury to feeling awards in discrimination cases

Read about the changes here.