On 1st December 2014, new regulations giving Shared Parental Leave and Pay came into force in Great Britain. This applies to eligible couples whose baby is due to be born or the child is placed with the adopting couple on or after 5th April 2015. This will replace Additional Statutory Paternity Pay and leave. If […] Read more »
New Holiday Pay Ruling
Hitting the headlines this month is the result of 3 Employment Appeals Tribunals (EAT) regarding the calculation of holiday pay. The workers won and the employers lost and the ruling means that where you require staff to work overtime, you must now include the overtime pay in the holiday pay calculation for the first 4 […] Read more »
HMRC error affects 5 Million UK taxpayers
The Daily Telegraph has reported that HMRC have made miscalculations in millions of taxpayers’ pay and tax calculations for the 2013-14 tax year. We have already been contacted by many of our clients whose employees have received form P800 which they believe to be incorrect as the forms show they have earned more than they […] Read more »
HMRC delays RTI late filing penalties
From 6th October 2014, HMRC introduce automated penalties for late in-year filing of RTI submissions. However, there is now a respite for small employers as HMRC have delayed these new penalties for employers with fewer than 50 employees until 6th March 2015. HMRC have sent electronic messages to all employers telling them when the penalties […] Read more »
New National Minimum Wage Rates
From 1st October 2014 the National Minimum Wage rates are increasing. Please ensure you review and amend the rates for your employees from this date. The hourly rate for employees under 18 years of age increases from £3.72 to £3.79 per hour The hourly rate for employees between 18 to 20 years of age increases […] Read more »
Automatic Enrolment Costs
A recent survey of employers being asked if they have encountered additional costs in respect of the new automatic enrolment responsibilities has revealed that the potential financial burden incurred could prove to be sizeable. More than 43% said they had faced additional costs with almost a quarter saying they needed additional resources. The expenses incurred […] Read more »
Flexible Working: New Rules
From 30th June 2014 the right to request flexible working has been extended to all employees. Until now, this right only applied to the parents of children under 17 or 18 in the case of parents of disabled children or those caring for an adult. All employees have a statutory right to ask their employer […] Read more »
Holiday Entitlement
With summer fast approaching, your staff will be booking their summer holidays and wanting to receive their holiday pay, so here are the basic facts for statutory holiday entitlement. * Workers have the right to get paid leave; accrue holiday entitlement during sick, maternity or paternity leave; choose to take holiday at the same time […] Read more »
£2000 Employment Allowance
So you may have seen the advert on the telly, or you may have had a lovely letter from 10 Downing Street saying the government’s new employment allowance will cut up to £2000 from your employer National Insurance bill. Around 1.25 million business employing someone will benefit from this new allowance and a third of […] Read more »
Tax Year End Procedure 2013-14
Now that you are reporting PAYE information to HMRC in real time, there is no longer a need for a P35 or P14s anymore. Instead, the usual questions and declaration that were part of the P35, will now be part of your final Full Payment Submission (FPS) or Employer Payment Summary (EPS) if applicable. For […] Read more »
Auto enrolment: Start Planning Now
We can’t stress enough how important it is that you start planning for Auto enrolment now. Your staging date may seem a long way off, if you know it already, but if you leave it too late to think about choosing the right pension for you and your employees, your options will be extremely limited. […] Read more »