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…
The government has decided not to proceed with plans to abolish Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) from April 2019. Class 2 NICs are currently paid at a rate of…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has announced that the Budget will take place on Monday 29 October. Breaking with the tradition of a Wednesday in November, perhaps in…
A team from Simpson Wood, namely, Nichola McNally, Deborah Stott, George Smith and Hayden Rose (plus one of our clients, Robert Gudgeon) completed the Clarion 10k Corporate Challenge in Leeds…
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…
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…
The government has announced proposals to extend pensions auto enrolment to include younger workers and to amend the way in which contributions are calculated. According to the press release: ‘The…
The Pensions Regulator is reminding employers that they need to comply with their auto enrolment duties. Automatic enrolment still applies to temporary staff this Christmas With the festive season fast…
The government have announced a delay to the roll out of tax free childcare which was expected to be fully implemented by the end of the year. From 24 November…
HMRC have issued the October 2017 Employer Bulletin which contains a number of articles relevant to employers on payroll related issues. HMRC are advising that following the changes to the…
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