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The Department for Work and Pensions has updated the SSP1 form (the employer form issued when Statutory Sick Pay is not payable or is ending) to include the specific reason: “Your earnings in the 8 weeks before your sickness absence began were £0.” This follows the major Statutory Sick Pay reforms that took effect from […]
An employer’s decision to issue an employee with a disciplinary warning, after she had 60 days off sick in 12 months, amounted to discrimination arising from disability. The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) found in favour of an employee (O) who received a disciplinary after she reached six times the trigger point of the employer’s sickness […]
Read articleHMRC has updated its draft guidance for employers providing electric charging points for employee use. The exemption for workplace charging is published in the Finance Bill 2018 to 2019 and has effect from 6 April 2018. The exemption covers: the cost of electricity, the cost to the employer of providing the charging facilities, and any connected services. […]
Read articleThe UK Home Office has reportedly written to more than 17,000 companies to request that they register on the Modern Slavery Contact Database by November 18. Every UK organisation with a total annual turnover of £36 million or more is required to produce a Modern Slavery statement for each financial year. As such, they are encouraged to […]
Read articleThe amount that smaller businesses will need to contribute through co-investment of Apprenticeship funding will half from 10 per cent to five per cent, the Chancellor has announced. It’s important to note, however, that this has no effect on larger businesses who pay a levy amount through their payroll returns each month. In the 2018 […]
Read articleLast week’s Budget 2018 announced a number of changes to the main Income Tax rates and allowances for the 2019/20 tax year. HMRC has published an annex, which includes the main rates and allowances announced in the Budget 2018, and is useful as a single point of reference for the latest changes. The annex also covers all […]
Read articleThe pension schemes newsletter 104 has been published by HMRC. It contains updates and guidance on pension schemes for relevant stakeholders. This issue includes key information for those who operate a pensioner payroll in relation to reporting non-taxable death benefits and operating Pay As You Earn (PAYE) on pension payments. The latest edition includes articles on:
Read articleDetails of how parental bereavement leave and pay will operate have been outlined in the government’s response to the consultation. The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Act, which is expected to come into force in 2020, ensures bereaved employees who lose a child under 18 will receive two weeks leave as a day-one right. Eligible employees […]
Read articleHMRC has published the latest update for pension scheme administrators about the ending of contracting-out in countdown bulletin 38. This edition includes updates on:
Read articleThe Court of Appeal has found that British Airways treated a part-time worker less favourably by paying 50 per cent of full pay for being on duty 53.5 per cent of full-time hours. In British Airways v Pinaud, it was found that Mrs Pinaud worked a part-time contract of 14 days on and 14 days off. […]
Read articleHMRC has published its latest Employment Related Securities (ERS) Bulletin which provides information and updates on developments relating to ERS, including tax-advantaged employee share schemes. ERS bulletins are published when articles or updates become available and when HMRC has items to bring to your attention quickly. This latest edition includes articles on:
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