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Minimum Wage Increase

T he National Minimum Wage (Amendment) The government is beginning the process of refunding fees

to those claimants who have paid fees from 2013 onwards.
Regulations 2018 have been laid before
parliament. They provide for the annual
increase to the minimum wage and national
supported claims involving multiple claimants and individuals
minimum wage and national living wage with effect from 1 The Ministry of Justice is working with trade unions that
will also be contacted by the government in respect of the
April 2018 as follows:
scheme.
• 25+ - £7.83 (previously £7.50)
• 21-24 - £7.38 (previously £7.05) As well as being refunded their original fee, successful
applicants to the scheme will also be paid interest of 0.5%,
• 18-20 - £5.90 (previously £5.60) calculated from the date of the original payment up until the
• <18 - £4.20 (previously £4.05)
refund date. BHJ has seen an increase in claims since the
Supreme Court decision and we expect 2018 to be a busy
The accommodation offset will be £7.00 per day (previously litigation year in light of the abolishment of fees.
£6.40).Payslips – more information required.
Article courtesy of Backhouse Jones
The Employment Rights Act (Itemised Pay Statement)
(Amendment) Order 2018 will bring into force a requirement
for employers to itemise payslips to show the number of
hours paid for, where a worker is paid an hourly rate.
Currently, under section 8 Employment Rights Act 1996,
only the total net and gross amounts of pay, and any
applicable deductions, have to be shown on a payslip. The
Order is due to come into force on 6 April 2019.

Tribunal fees refund scheme Employment tribunal fees
were introduced in 2013 and ranged from £160 to £1,600.
However, a new refund scheme will kick into action shortly
in light of the Supreme Court Judgment in July 2017 which
found that the introduction of fees to bring an employment
claim breached domestic and EU law.

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