Experts at a Dorset law firm have advised on new increases to statutory pay rates.
Ellis Jones Solicitors, with more than 170 staff in six offices, is reminding employers to ensure policies are refreshed, payrolls updated and staff informed. This comes as increases are put into force across maternity, paternity, adoption, parental bereavement and sick pay rates as well as changes to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage.
Partner Kate Brooks, head of employment/HR services, said: “It is important to make sure that these type of pay rate increases don’t slip through the cracks.