Employment Time Line - 6th April 2012 RIDDOR Changes

Please check that the information given below is accurate and up to date. It is taken from official and unofficial sources and has not necessarily be verified - sometimes information may change as a result of policy changes etc.

2011
October

• 1st        National Minimum Wage increased rates brought in.

2012
March


April

• 6th       SI amendments come into effect, ie to 1995 statutory instrument on Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurences (RIDDOR).
• 9th       Sick pay - check  for increase to £85.85 per week

June

• 5th      Bank Holiday (Tuesday) for Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Will that week become a long celebration?

October

• 1st (to 30 September 2013) Mandatory Pensions - Employers with 800 or more employees need to introduce pensions.

2013
November

• 13th (to 31 January 2014) Mandatory Pensions - Employers with 250 to 799 employees need to introduce pensions.

2014
April

• 1st April (to 1st July) Mandatory Pensions - Employers with 50 to 249 employees need to introduce pensions.
• 1st August (to 1st February 2016 Mandatory Pensions - Employers with less than 50 employees need to introduce pensions.

2016
March

• 1st March (to 1st September) - From 1 April 2011 newly formed businesses employing staff need to start pension arrangements.