With more people working from home due to Coronavirus, it is worth a reminder that you can claim Tax Relief for additional household costs You may be able to claim tax relief for additional household costs if you have to … Continue reading
The Government has announced the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates which will come into force from April 2021. It accepted in full recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission at the end of October. The … Continue reading
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended the Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in November, which will have a major effect on both employers and payroll departments. In this article we look at the initial guidance and note that there will be further … Continue reading
HMRC has blocked thousands of applications for the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) due to fears that they were fraudulent. More than 30,000 CJRS applications have been rejected by HMRC, according to reports. At the end of June, 1,526 … Continue reading
Research by the Resolution Foundation into auto-enrolment enforcement by has revealed that over 800,000 workers (c.5% of all employees) who are eligible to receive a workplace pension have either not been enrolled at all by their employer, or are receiving … Continue reading
Nationally, it has been reported that over 9 million people have been supported by the furloughing scheme at a cost to the government of over £30 billion and rising. That is the national picture. Here at JLP, where all of … Continue reading
From 1st July 2020 businesses will have the flexibility to bring furloughed employees back to work part-time, with the government still paying 80% of wages for any of their normal hours they do not work up until the end of … Continue reading
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted every facet of life in the UK. However, when it comes to workplace pensions, it has been confirmed by the Pensions Regulator, that employers should continue to enrol, re-enrol and contribute towards workers? pensions whether … Continue reading
The National Minimum Wage is statutory and legally binding. Companies must comply. However, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) published a report on 7th May 2020 which highlighted the fact that there is still a lot of non-compliance about. It also … Continue reading
These are the key guidelines from the Government. Whilst on furlough, the employee guidance confirms that the employee may still continue to undertake union or non-union representative duties and activities for the purpose of an individual or collective representation of … Continue reading