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It is with very mixed feelings that we announce that Chrissy Tait, co-owner and director of Turnstone HR has decided to retire at the end of July this year, when Sarah Goddard will become the sole active director. We bought Turnstone HR in July 2014 and since then we have worked as partners, colleagues and… Continue Reading
The Chancellor has delivered his spring budget and with a primary focus on getting Britain back into work, providing many points for employers and HR to consider: Reducing childcare costs to support working parents It was announced that 30 hours of free childcare for every child over the age of nine months with working parents… Continue Reading
About the National Minimum Wage (NMW) The national minimum wage (NMW) is a prescribed minimum hourly rate of pay which employers must legally pay to most of their workers. There are five different rates of NMW for different age-related categories of worker: National living wage. Since 6 April 2021 this applies to workers aged… Continue Reading
Plans to give employees the right to request flexible working from the first day of their job have been confirmed by the government, although no date has been set for its introduction. In the aftermath of employees working from home during Covid, the Flexible Working Bill aims to give employees greater access to flexibility over… Continue Reading
New legislation regarding how businesses check their employees’ right to work has officially come into effect in the UK as of 1 October, 2022. These rules were originally introduced from April 2022 but it is only from October 2022 that applicants will no longer be able to send their right to work documents to an employer via… Continue Reading
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 correct… 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
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