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30 Sep '150 Replies
A New Power to Shut Employers Down | Illegal Immigration
Continue readingYou may have read, as a part of the crackdown on illegal immigration, the Government intends to temporarily shut down any businesses that they suspect are employing workers illegally. If you employ a person who does not have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom, the maximum civil penalty is £20,000. Where this […]
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17 Sep '150 Replies
Will we have our own auto enrolment staging date or will a staging date be set for the group?
Continue readingAuto Enrolment Staging Date For the purposes of staging, a subsidiary company will be regarded as a separate employer if it holds contracts of employment directly with its workers. Whether that subsidiary has a separate staging date to other employers in the group will depend on whether it has its own PAYE scheme or whether […]
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28 Aug '150 Replies
Auto Enrolment – Top 5 benefits of the cloud
Continue readingLearn how online payroll solutions can streamline the transition and solve complex automatic enrolment challenges for your business. The cloud, payroll and automatic enrolment In recent years, more businesses have begun catering to the ‘cloud’. Google Drive, the Apple iCloud and the ever-increasing social networks like Facebook and Instagram all exist in the cloud. The […]
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19 Aug '150 Replies
Auto Enrolment – Can you change your staging address?
Continue readingCan I change my staging date? Your staging date is set by Law. You cannot delay your staging date. The exception to this is certain small employers. If you employed fewer than 50 workers on 1 April 2012 and had, or were part of, one or more PAYE schemes with 50 or more people, you […]
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14 Aug '150 Replies
Auto Enrolment | Key Questions
Continue readingAuto enrolment, part of the government’s workplace pension reforms, has been introduced to combat the issue that people are living longer and healthier lives but are saving less for their retirement. As the ratio of workers to those of a pensionable age continues to fall, the government has estimated that as many as seven million people are currently not saving […]
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23 Jul '150 Replies
Payroll Bureau
Continue readingOur Payroll Bureau offers a fully managed payroll service specifically designed for the business that would rather focus its valuable time and energy on making profit than worrying about managing its own payroll. Our secure cloud-based managed payroll system takes care of everything – from data input and processing through to online distribution and digital […]
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23 Jul '150 Replies
Auto Enrolment
Continue readingAutomatic enrolment is the biggest change to pensions in decades But, with so many people talking about it, it can be difficult to know what is and isn’t true. Background to automatic enrolment People are living longer, with healthier lifestyles; as a result, the ratio between the workforce and those at pensionable age is decreasing. […]
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31 Mar '150 Replies
HMRC to Police NMW Rates with 60 New Staff Members
Continue readingHM Revenue & Customs plans to recruit 60 new compliance officers over the next year in a bid to crack down on businesses avoiding the National Minimum Wage pay scale. Following a report from the tax collector last week, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) named 48 cases across the UK who had failed to comply […]
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24 Mar '150 Replies
Employment Tribunal Rules Commission Should Be Included in Holiday Pay
Continue readingAnnual holiday pay will be recalculated for those working on commission, following a recent ruling from the European Court of Justice. The decision to adjust holiday pay for workers on commission comes after the Lock v British Gas employment tribunal ruled in favour to amend the Working Time Regulations, bringing commission rates into line with […]