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### **Employment Law Update 2026: National Payroll Week Special**

*What’s changed, what’s coming, and what every payroll professional needs to know*

To celebrate **National Payroll Week**, we’re putting payroll professionals at the heart of the conversation with a practical look at the employment law changes shaping payroll in 2026.

We’ll cover where **Statutory Sick Pay, Tips & Gratuities and Auto-Enrolment** stand today, alongside newer protections under the **Work Life Balance and Maternity Protection Acts**, widening **Gender Pay Gap reporting**, and the **retirement age rules** now in force.

We’ll also look ahead at what’s still to come, including **Pregnancy Loss Leave** and the **EU Pay Transparency Directive**, and what payroll teams should be preparing for next.
