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Employers and social care providers will face changes to employment law, including enhanced penalties for failure to collectively consult, increased staffing costs, and the implementation of neonatal leave and pay.

Workplace Compass: As employers prepare for National Insurance contributions and National Minimum Wage increases to take effect in April 2025, workforce resilience has never been more critical.

The Women and Equalities Committee has recommended that the government should extend statutory parental bereavement leave to cover pre-24-week pregnancy loss, including miscarriage and IVF-related loss.

The long-running equal pay claim against Asda takes another step forward as the tribunal finds that the majority of lead claimants in retail roles perform work of equal value to distribution centre workers.

The Government has announced major changes to the apprenticeship system in England, while Scotland moves forward with legislative reform to simplify apprenticeship funding.

HMRC confirms changes to small company thresholds for off-payroll working rules, affecting private sector entities from April 2025.