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New National Minimum Wage rates announced Following the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations, the Government has announced that from 1 April 2022, the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage rates will increase as follows: · National Living Wage – from £8.91 to £9.50 · 21-22 Year Old Rate – from £8.36 to £9.18 ·… Continue Reading
IR35 is the anti tax avoidance rule that applies to all contractors and freelancers who do not fall under HMRC’s definition of being self-employed and has applied to all public-sector bodies, regardless of size, since April 2017. Implementation of these new tax measures for the private-sector and unincorporated organisations (for example not-for-profit employers or charities)… Continue Reading
The new rates Statutory Rates for 2021/22 are listed below. One important change this year is with regards to the age thresholds for the National Minimum Wage. e.g. The highest rate now applies to employees age 23 and over rather than age 25 and over as previously. Please ensure you have your employees on the… Continue Reading
As part of HMRC’s commitment to transparency and to deter fraudulent claims, HMRC will begin publishing information about employers who claim for support under the CJRS scheme from 1 December 2020. The following information will be published on GOV.UK: the employer name an indication of the value of the claim within a banded range the… Continue Reading
COVID-19 has been causing issues for employers for almost ten months now and one issue that seems to be a cause for concern is the temporary change made to the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) to allow employees to carry forward up to 4 weeks’ of paid holiday for up to 2 years. Due to… Continue Reading
Legislation was put into place on the 28th September 2020 setting out mandatory periods for self-isolation and the duties of individuals to report periods of self-isolation to help stop the spread of the infection during the Covid19 pandemic. These regulations place a responsibility on Employees to inform their employers of the fact they need to… Continue Reading
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant threat to people’s health and caused huge disruption to businesses. Employers have been forced to adapt their practices and procedures to ensure their business continuity by furloughing their staff. However, with employers needing to contribute toward their employees furlough costs from 1st September and the scheme due… Continue Reading
The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme which was set up to repay employers the SSP paid to employees unable to work during the Cornavirus outbreak will be available for claims from 26 May 2020. The repayment will cover up to 2 weeks of SSP and you can claim for periods of sickness starting on or after:… Continue Reading
It is becoming increasingly apparent that HMRC are strengthening their stance around auditing of claims for Furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. They have recently changed their tone from “we reserve the right to audit claims” to “we will be now be auditing claims”. Obviously not everyone will be subject to audit but if… Continue Reading
It is hard to imagine the pain of losing a child and the impact it has on an individual. The loss of a child is one of the most devastating events that an employee may have to face. This has now been recognised with the introduction of a new statutory entitlement. From April 2020 any… Continue Reading
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