A timetable updated in September In September 2026, the UK government updated its implementation timetable for the Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Act 2025. The document, updated on 25 September, lists measures already in force and the expected sequencing of later changes in 2026 and 2027. It expressly warns that future dates remain subject to parliamentary processes and can change. The timetable is a planning

The scale described by the review In September 2026, the UK government published the Keep Britain Working review update, which estimates the annual cost of health-related economic inactivity at about £212 billion and says roughly 300,000 people with a health condition leave work each year. The document, published on 23 September, breaks the estimate into lost output, health-related benefits, unpaid-care effects and additional NHS costs. It is an analytical

The UK and India’s exchange of letters dated 24 July 2025 set out a commitment to negotiate a Double Contributions Convention. For international assignment teams, the important distinction was between an agreed negotiating framework and contribution relief that could already be used in payroll. Read the dated development The letters envisaged home-country-only social-security contributions for qualifying detached employees for up to thirty-six months. They stated that the future convention

The UK’s HC 997 immigration-rule changes, published on 1 July 2025, altered important assumptions for sponsored recruitment. The principal changes were scheduled for 22 July. Employers reviewing international hires needed to check the occupation, salary and transition provisions together rather than rely on one headline threshold. Read the dated development The changes raised the general Skilled Worker salary threshold to GBP41,700 and generally returned the skill threshold to degree-level

In January 2025, the UK government announced plans to ease restrictions on returning defined-benefit pension surpluses. For employers, the proposal raised a funding and governance question: how might a future release support their pension arrangements or wider reward decisions while protecting promised benefits? Read the dated development The announcement envisaged agreements between employers and trustees. It preserved the trustees’ overarching duty to protect members’ benefits. The policy announcement did

In October 2024, the UK Autumn Budget announced a replacement for the non-domiciled remittance-basis regime and changes to employer National Insurance, with key measures planned from 6 April 2025. HM Treasury’s original overview brings the mobility and payroll elements together. It is a historical announcement record, rather than a complete guide to an individual’s present tax position. Examine the employee population The announcement described a residence-based regime, including a

In January 2024, The Pensions Regulator laid its General Code in Parliament, consolidating ten existing codes covering pension governance and administration. The original announcement anticipated commencement on 27 March; the regulator’s later annual report records actual commencement on 28 March 2024. The historical distinction matters. The code brought expectations into a more coherent format, while many underlying standards were already established. For multinational pension sponsors, the practical question is