Help with the issue of redundancy.
Redundancy is a huge topic and a situation that neither employers nor employees would like to find themselves facing. It can be an inevitable event that employers can predict, or it can be an overnight issue where employers suddenly find themselves with no option other [...]
Year End Deadlines and New Legislation.
April 5th 2011 marks the end of another tax year. As ever, with the change of tax year comes a wealth of changes to legislation. Please see below for some helpful facts and quick pointers to ensure your year end runs smoothly.
The standard tax [...]
New proposals to move a UK Bank Holiday.
Under new proposals from the Government, the May Day Bank Holiday could be replaced by a new national holiday in October.
The idea is not to add another bank holiday, but scrap the current May Day Bank Holiday and to replace [...]
There has been a vast amount of discussion this week about the changes to paternity rules that are due to come into force in April of this year.
Currently Mothers are entitled to 39 weeks paid Maternity Leave and 13 weeks of additional, unpaid Maternity Leave, and partners are entitled to [...]
How the additional Bank Holiday in 2011 may affect your business.
Next year sees the Royal wedding between HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton, with the wedding date now confirmed as April 29th 2011.
With the release of this news, employers and employees are now faced with an [...]
How an annual event for employees can cost less than you imagine.
The annual Christmas Party is something that employers often avoid, mainly due to high costs. However, many employers are not aware of how to use the tax laws relating to annual events to their advantage.
Employers would [...]
PAYEpeople, a national payroll bureau, has challenged the TUC on their suggested minimum wage rise to £6.14.
Greater Manchester based payroll bureau PAYEpeople has successfully forecast minimum wage rises for the last 10 years using specialist payroll software, providing results that many leading firms now use for their own forecasting.
They publish a report yearly, [...]
A month later than usual, but we have crunched the pay numbers from September to see what forecourts were paying their hourly-paid staff. This is the thirteenth year in succession that we’ve done it, but for any readers not yet familiar with this report here’s a quick reminder of how we do it [...]
In June’s Budget, the Coalition Government expressed their desire to explore how the current Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system could be improved.
On the 27th July, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) published a discussion document titled, ‘Improving the Operation of Pay As You Earn (PAYE)’. The document explores options to [...]
Research by the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP) found that one in six employees said they would read a colleague’s payslip if it was found on their desk and were confident of not being seen.
Other findings reveal that one in five employees discuss their salary with co-workers, while more than [...]
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