The minimum wage varies depending on the employee's age.

The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 45%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.

There are slightly different tax rates and banding in Scotland, however, this is all taken care of by the tax authorities. Employees based from a Scottish address will have a slightly different tax code that will enable the correct taxation to be applied.

The employer cost is generally estimated at 18.55% of the employee salary.

• Employer National Insurance (Social Security) - 15.05%
• Workplace Pension - 3.00%
• Apprentice Levy Tax - 0.5%
• P&I Insurance - £20.00

Parents are entitled to 50 weeks of Shared Parental Leave (SPL). Both parents can decide how to distribute the time off. Either parent can take parental leave, the mother can only take parental leave once they have formally returned from maternity leave
The first 37 weeks are paid at £1156.66 a week or 90% of the employees' earnings, whichever is lower. The remaining 13 are unpaid.
In addition to the standard Shared Parental Leave, employees are also entitled to an additional 18 weeks of unpaid leave that can be used up until the child’s 18th birthday.

Terminations must respect complex rules and the rules of an employee’s employment country. The off-boarding is always handled by the Employer with the primary stakeholders. It may include ad-hoc fees as well as required or recommended steps on specific termination cases.

Terminations in the UK can be complex. There is no at-will termination in the UK for employers outside the probation period and termination must be done for just cause.

Compliant terminations include:

• Fair dismissal
• Unfair dismissal
• Constructive dismissal
• Wrongful dismissal

The minimum notice period is 1 week and will be increased according to the length of the employment.

• 1 week if the length of service is 1-2 years
• 1 week for every year of service on 2 - 12 years
• 12weeks if the length of services is 12+ years

In the UK, all employees who are terminated due to redundancy are entitled to severance pay. Severance pay is calculated as follows.

• 0.5 weeks pay for each year of service where the employee was below the age of 22
• 1 weeks pay for each year of service where the employee was between 22 to 40 of age
• 1.5 weeks pay for each year of employment where the employee was 41 and over

Full-time employees are entitled to 20 day of paid time off (PTO) a year plus an additional eight public holidays.

Please note, in the platform this is listed as 20 days of PTO and the employee will be entitled to an additional 8 days of public holiday on top of this.

PTO (Including public holidays) accrues at 5.6 weeks times the number of days a week the employee works.

The UK celebrates 8 national and regional holidays based on the location of the employee.

National public holidays include:

• New Year’s Day
• Good Friday
• Easter Monday
• Early May Bank Holiday
• Spring Bank Holiday
• Summer Bank Holiday
• Christmas Day
• Boxing Day

Contracts must be in English. They must be in writing and signed by both parties. A contract must include:

• Name
• Start date
• Length of the employment
• Job description
• Termination conditions