Makbool Javaid, Partner and Head of Employment summarises the key employment law developments to look out for in 2019, including executive pay ratio and employee engagement reporting, new rules for online illegal working checks, amendments to pay statement legislation, increasing the penalty for aggravated breaches of employment law, National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage increases and increases to statutory parental rights and SSP payment.

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