There are quite a few employment law changes from April 2020 that will affect your payroll. New pay rates from 6th April 2020: The National Living wage for over 25 year olds increases to £8.72 per hour from £8.21. The National Minimum Wage for 21 to 24 year olds increases to £8.20 per hour from […] Read more »
Voluntary overtime and holiday pay calculations
Employment law states that holiday pay should be equivalent to a normal week’s pay so as not to place employees at a financial detriment when taking a period of annual leave. For employees working fixed hours each week, this is a straightforward calculation. However, calculations are more complicated when employees work varying hours. In these […] Read more »
Calculating Holiday Pay
Summer season is here and especially during school holidays, many workers are looking to take time off work, so employers need to check their workers are getting the holiday they are owed. The definition of a worker according to the government is a person that has a contract or other arrangement to do work or […] Read more »
New Payroll Rates from April 2018
The 2018-19 tax year means you need to know all the new payroll rates from April 2018. * The personal allowance increases from £11,500 to £11,850 per year, making the standard tax code 1185L * The 20 per cent basic rate tax band increases from £33,500 to £34,500 per year * The lower earnings limit […] Read more »
New Employers and automatic enrolment
Taking on staff is an essential part of growing a business and there are several things to consider, including automatic enrolment. Aside from checking whether you need to register as an employer with HMRC; checking if your employee has the legal right to work in the UK and taking out employer’s liability insurance, you will […] Read more »
Budget Changes that will affect your Payroll from April 2017
The March 2017 Budget has confirmed the following changes that will affect your payroll from April 2017: * The personal allowance increases from April 2017 from £11,000 to £11,500 making the standard tax code 1150L. * The 20% basic tax rate band increases from April 2017 £32,000 to £33,500 per annum. * The lower earnings […] Read more »
The Apprenticeship Levy
The Apprenticeship Levy will be introduced in April 2017 to all employers operating in the UK, with a pay bill over £3 million each year, to invest in apprenticeships. Your annual pay bill is all payments to employees that are subject to employer Class 1 secondary National Insurance contributions such as wages, bonuses and commissions. Apprenticeship […] Read more »
New auto-enrolment guidance and re-enrolment guidance
Hundreds of thousands of small employers will need to meet their pension duties in 2017 and so The Pensions Regulator has refreshed and updated their website with new auto-enrolment guidance and re-enrolment guidance to make it simpler for employers to understand their duties. They have made choosing a pension scheme for staff easier with the […] Read more »
National Minimum Wage
The largest ever legal claim against the care sector has been launched in what could turn out to be one of the worst breaches of pay rules ever seen. Seventeen care workers claim to have been paid less than half the minimum wage, the company says that is not correct and that it pays its […] Read more »
Tracing your Pension: Is it Lost?
Tracing your pension is not always easy, especially if you’ve been in more than one scheme or have changed employer throughout your career. But it’s important that you do claim your pension, so the sooner you trace a lost pension, the better. Many people are concerned about lost pensions. Fortunately, there are several ways you […] Read more »