The calculation The UK Living Wage for outside of London has been announced on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 as £13.45 per hour. The London Living Wage as £14.80 per hour. This covers all boroughs in Greater London. The rates are calculated annually by the Living Wage Foundation and overseen by the Living Wage Commission, based on the best available evidence about … Continue reading How SD Worx Supports Real Living Wage Implementation
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The government delivered over 35 proposed bill as part of the Kings Speech 2024. "My Government is committed to making work pay and will legislate to introduce a new deal for working people to ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights" [Employment Rights Bill] Make work pay So what does the Kings speech mean … Continue reading Kings Speech – New employment rights proposed
For holiday years starting on or after 1st April 2024, Employers will be permitted to calculate annual leave entitlement as 12.07% of the hours worked in a pay period for irregular hours workers and part-year workers in the first year of employment and beyond. This does not apply to workers with regular hours who continue … Continue reading New Rolled Up Holiday Pay Options
10% increase in the real Living Wage as cost of living continues to hit low paid workers the hardest Over 460,000 Living Wage workers are set for a pay boost as 14,000 Living Wage employers are signed up to pay the new rates The new real Living Wage rates are now worth over £3,000 more per … Continue reading Real Living Wage increases to £12 in UK and £13.15 in London
The Home Office have asked if the SD Work Knowledge Centre would share the following information with its readership. 1 March 2023 We are writing to inform you that the ‘Employer’s guide to right to work checks’ available on GOV.UK has been updated: The most significant updates relate to: clarification for employers on the use … Continue reading Right to Work update: Employer’s guidance