Payroll is a big part of a company’s overheads and making sure that payroll is managed properly is very often underestimated. The pandemic made many companies take a hard look at their sometimes-out-of-date processes, as their stability came into question and employee morale started to waiver. As a result, business owners, Finance Managers and … Read more
In the latest Budget announcement the Government confirmed they are continuing with their policy for 2022/23 in respect of the National Minimum Wage plan.As such, we will see continued increases in all rates with the National Living Wage increasing by 6.6%. We are now at the Second stage with NLW applying to 23-year-olds and above … Read more
Following increased speculation that the government was intending to increase National Insurance (NI) rates for employees, to provide funds to aid the social care sector, it was today confirmed that a new Health and Social Care Levy will be introduced. This will mean workers pay an additional 1.25%. Individuals who are above the State Pension … Read more
At the start of the new tax year in April 2021, the thresholds for student loans increased, which will affect employees that are repaying their academic fees. The thresholds are: Student loan Plan 1 increased from £19,390 to £19,895 from this date, Employees on Plan 2 saw their student loan threshold rise from £26,575 to … Read more
Commonly known as the Furlough Scheme, but correctly called Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, it has provided an essential lifeline to employers, helping them shoulder the employment costs for employees who were unable to work or who work reduced hours due to the restrictions imposed because of Covid-19. Currently, the scheme comes to an end in … Read more
In our experience, holiday pay, who is entitled to it and how it is calculated is often a source of confusion, especially in smaller companies where there is often not a separate HR or payroll department, so here ios a quick summary. All workers – including casual, part time and zero hours workers – are … Read more
HMRC’s off payroll working rules – known as IR35 – apply to those who ‘work’ for a company, without being employed by it – usually a contractor of some sort. It mainly applies to those who do most of their work for that company to the extent that to all intents and purposes they are … Read more
Calculating pay can be complicated, especially during the last 12 months because of the Furlough scheme. The key, of course, is for us to take everything off our clients’ desks and deliver what they need quickly and accurately, so they can get on with running their business. We have the experience and expertise to deal … Read more
Redundancy is likely to be a growing consideration for many businesses during this difficult Covid-19 period, especially as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) draws nearer to closing at the end of October 2021. If you do have to make people redundant, you must pay redundancy pay to employees who have an employment contract and … Read more
The Government has confirmed that the age from which workers become eligible for the national living wage will reduce to 23 (from 25), from April 2021 In his comprehensive spending review in November 2020, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed that the national living wage (NLW) will increase 2.2% to £8.91 from 1 April 2021 and … Read more
