What are the On-going Duties for Workplace Pensions and what do you need to do for re-enrolment? There are a few things you need to do when it comes to Workplace pensions and re-enrolment. Once your scheme is set up you have a list of on-going...
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...
Budget Spring 2024: National Insurance Cut Yesterday the chancellor announced changes to NI for employed and self-employed. The chancellor cut the main rate of national insurance contributions (Nics) paid by workers from 10% to 8% with effect from 6 April 2024, which he said would benefit 27...
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%...
National Insurance number allocation Over the passed 18 months National Insurance numbers have played a key role in helping to claim furlough support for employers. Without one it was initially very difficult to make claims. Why do you have an National Insurance number You have a National...
Re-enrolment - what do you need to do? Every three years employers have to assess their staff for re-enrolment. Any staff who have left their pension or reduced their contribution must be assessed and re-enrolled if eligible. We’ve produced a factsheet about re-enrolment, you can download a...
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....
Workplace Pension Spot Checks - Don’t get Caught out More than 1.1 million employers across the UK have met their automatic enrolment duties, so 9.4 million workers have a workplace pension as a result. Spot Checks However, some businesses are still not fulfilling their duties either correctly or...
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...
What do you do if you have employees who are engaged in ‘zero hour’ contracts and SSP? So what happens if your staff member on a Zero Hours Contract falls in sick? To fall within the SSP scheme, the individual must be an employee for the purposes...