Furlough scheme extension
Following announcements by the Chancellor on 12 May on extending the period of furlough support we wanted to update you with the latest information on the Coronavirus job retention scheme. …
Job Retention Scheme – Clarifications
Since the government announced its job retention scheme we have been inundated with calls from clients asking about details. We are not always able to answer these as not all…
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
On Friday 20 March the government announced its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to reimburse employers 80% of wages paid to furloughed workers backdated to 1 March. Full details have not…
Coronovirus: do you have to pay employees who self-isolate
Employees are entitled to receive SSP (Statutory Sick Pay) where they’ve self-isolated on medical advice and pursuant to a written notice. If they voluntarily self-isolated, or they don’t have a…
Minimum wage rates announced
The government has announced a 6.2% increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), which applies to workers aged 25 and over. From 1 April 2020 the NLW will rise from…
Minimum Wage increases
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) are the legal minimum wage rates that must be paid to employees. Employers are liable to be penalised for not…
2019 Payslip Legislation
The month of April welcomes a number of legislative changes that you will be expected to adapt to, including the fact that the right to an itemised pay statement will…
HMRC identify record £15.6 million minimum wage underpayments
HMRC has announced that they achieved record enforcement results this year, identifying £15.6million of minimum wage underpayments. The number of workers identified as underpaid was double that in 2016/17 and…
Pensions Auto Enrolment Reaches a Million People
The Pensions Regulator has announced that the number of employers meeting their workplace pension duties has reached one million and that statistics show that approximately 9.3 million people are saving…
Minimum Wage Increases
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) are the legal minimum wage rates that must be paid to employees. Employers are liable to be penalised for not…
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