If you work in the private sector, how much thought have you given to the possible implications of IR35? The updated legislation is due to take effect from April 2020. While there are still questions left unanswered about the finer details, companies need to be aware of its potential likely implicat...
Every company’s circumstances are different. Every company’s payroll requirements are different. There’s no simple formula that quickly answers the question of how cost effective it is to outsource payroll and we’d be the first to say that outsourcing isn’t automatically the best choice f...
The Low Pay Commission recently released a new report revealing that the number of people paid less than the statutory minimum wage had increased during 2018. It estimates that around 439,000 employees were underpaid....
Is it down to you to help with your employees’ financial wellbeing? Obviously it’s not something you can be responsible for but as part of supporting overall wellbeing it’s certainly something to consider. ...
The recent warm weather reminds us we’re rapidly heading towards the summer holiday season. Companies appreciate the fact that taking time off is an important part of employee wellbeing. But there’s no escaping the fact that managing holidays effectively to minimise business disruption while als...
Do you remember the days when HR relied on very large filing cabinets, memos and plenty of post-it notes? Pretty much every HR department has (thankfully) moved on from there but having said that, in some instances, maybe not as much as you’d expect....
Auto-enrolment was introduced in 2012 and it’s redefined the approach to pensions saving for numerous employees. Data from the Pensions Regulator calculates almost ten million people have been auto-enrolled into workplace pension schemes since they began. But with minimum contribution rates abou...