National Minimum Wage Increase in April 2024 In November 2023 the Government announced its acceptance of the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on minimum wage rates to apply from April 2024. The National Minimum wage is the minimum legal amount per hour a business can pay an employee...
Changes in National Insurance contributions rates (NICs) in 2024 In the Autumn Statement the chancellor announced changes to National Insurance. If you use automated payroll software you must ensure your system was updated for the changes, especially the reduction of the National Insurance rate from 12%...
Seasonal Workers Make sure you get filing with HMRC and Pensions Procedures right first time. Do you have seasonal workers on your staff? Pensions Auto-enrolment can be complicated enough with regular full and part time staff but what if you employ seasonal staff in the summer or Christmas period....
Payroll & NI when you take on a new employee When you take on a new employee you need to get them set up on the payroll system as soon as possible. Making sure you have all the relevant information for a new employee avoids future problems...
Reporting payroll when your normal payday falls on a non-banking day The date you pay your employees is usually agreed when they begin working for you and is normally a calendar date, ie 28th of each month or a day, the last Thursday of the month. It...
Payslips and Data protection Changes We all have seen the adverts of various online portals offering e-Payslip services. Some employers haven’t paid much attention to them, others switched to e-Payslips because they were convinced to do so by their HR/Payroll departments, or Payroll agents, and the...
Oasis Amusements – Hemsby, Norfolk Paydashboard and Payroll Like many businesses Oasis Amusements has busy periods through the summer and holiday seasons along with quieter periods at other times. The seasonal fluctuations, which means fluctuations in staff –means their payroll can go from 17 weekly members of staff...
What do you need to do if your employee is new to work? It can be daunting to a young person if you employ them in their first ‘proper’ job. To make the transfer from education to work easier try to imagine your first day at work...
Are you new to Payroll or new to Employment? Are you new to payroll or new to employment have a quick read through this basic information to help you understand our payslip and what all the headings and numbers relate to. Gross Pay: What you have...