Blog - Payroll
Untaken Annual Leave – The Rules When Off Sick
7th Aug 2015Absence Management, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Human ResourcesPayroll
Untaken Annual Leave The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that where an employee chooses not to take statutory annual leave during sick leave, he or she can carry forward the untaken annual leave for up to 18 months from the end of the leave year in which the leave arises. The Employment Tribunal Case Mr Plumb was employed by Duncan Print Group Limited as a printer. He sustained an...
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Compulsory National ‘Living Wage’ as of April 2016
7th Aug 2015Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Human Resources, PayrollRecruitment
A new compulsory National 'Living Wage' of £7.20 per hour will be introduced next April for all working people aged 25 and over, the Government has announced. In his first purely Conservative budget, George Osborne said that “Britain deserves a pay rise and Britain is getting a pay rise”. The ‘national living wage’ (NLW) will be compulsory and the Low Pay Commission (LPC) will recommend future rises, with the Government...
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How To Calculate Holiday Pay
20th Jul 2015Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Human ResourcesPayroll
In addition to current legislation, a number of recent court judgements should be considered when calculating holiday pay. This means that the rules employers and workers follow to calculate holiday pay may need to be updated. Key Points Guaranteed and normal non-guaranteed overtime should be considered when calculating a worker's statutory holiday pay entitlement but there is currently no definitive case law that suggests voluntary overtime needs to be taken...
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New Compensation Limits – Effective April 2015
2nd Apr 2015Business, Employment Law, Human ResourcesPayroll
New Compensation Limits 2015 The Government has published details of the new compensation limits - annual increases to statutory redundancy pay and the amount of compensation that employment tribunals can award for unfair dismissal, which will take effect from 6 April 2015. From 6 April 2015 the maximum amount, for a week’s pay, for the purpose of calculating a statutory redundancy payment increases from £464.00 to £475.00. The maximum unfair...
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What employers need to know about Shared Parental leave changes from April 2015
5th Feb 2015Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Human ResourcesPayroll
Shared Parental Leave will enable eligible mothers, fathers, partners and adopters to choose how to share time off work after their child is born or placed for adoption. This could involve returning to work for part of the time and then resuming leave at a later date. Read on for information on what employers need to know about Shared Parental leave changes from April 2015. Shared Parental Leave - Key...
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How To Recruit The Right Person For Your Business
19th Jan 2015Employment Law, Human Resources, PayrollRecruitment
There are a number of things to remember as getting it wrong can be expensive both in terms of management time and cost but don’t worry there is help on hand. Essentially there are two key areas of risk for your business: Recruiting the wrong person Having to defend a claim from an aggrieved unsuccessful candidate Having a process in place to attract, develop, motivate and retain the best and...
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What you need to know about deductions on payslips
5th Jan 2015Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Human ResourcesPayroll
Did you know that the Employment Rights Act 1996 (commonly referred to as ERA) states that an employee must receive an itemised payslip (statement of pay) on, or before, the date that the payment of their wages or salary is made? This means that if you pay your employees on 1st of each month, you must ensure they physically receive their payslip on or before that date. And you must...
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What Holiday Pay and Overtime Rulings Means For Employers
11th Dec 2014Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Human ResourcesPayroll
New employers will have missed the publicity surrounding November’s Holiday Pay and Overtime Rulings by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). It was the latest instalment in a line of cases that have looked at what must be included in holiday pay under the UK’s Working Time Regulations (WTR). We look at the questions that remain unanswered following the judgement The EAT found that regular overtime, which employees are obliged to...
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Chancellor’s Autumn Statement – What Does It Mean For Employers?
5th Dec 2014Employee Benefits, Human ResourcesPayroll
The Chancellor of the Exchequer pulled out a few surprises in his Autumn Statement however we thought that it would be useful to outline what some of this means for employers..... This newsletter is based on the documents released on 3 December 2014. It is possible that a different position will be shown by the draft legislation which will be published on 10 December 2014. We will keep you informed...
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