Payroll
How can HR address concerns over Covid-19’s impact on pensions?
The coronavirus has impacted not just pay but longer-term investments such as pensions. Naturally employees will have concerns over the...
Statutory sick pay rebate: how to prepare your payroll
Small firms are now able to make a claim for a rebate for coronavirus-related Statutory Sick Pay, but do they...
Third of employees asked to commit furlough fraud
Research reveals staff subject to pay cuts while being asked to work while furloughed and people threatened with deportation unless they went along with fraud.
Seven things employers need to know about flexible furlough
Late last week the government published the first full guidance on the new flexible furlough scheme coming into force on 1 July. What are the key details?
Furlough: what counts as pensionable salary?
With almost a quarter of roles in the UK now accessing the government’s furlough scheme, many employers have raised questions...
Payroll departments under pressure but ‘unsung heroes of the hour’
Around a third of payroll departments have been put under pressure due to the coronavirus outbreak – citing reduced team...
Top 10 HR questions April 2020: Furlough and annual leave
The government has provided some clarification on the relationship between furlough and annual leave.
The Easter bank holidays falling shortly...
70% of firms have furloughed staff
More than 70% of companies had furloughed some employees last week, days before HM Revenue & Customs’ portal for the...
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme portal opens
The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme portal opened this morning (20 April), allowing businesses to claim support for furloughed employees...
Furlough scheme ‘still shutting out new starters not paid before 19 March’
The cut-off date extension for employees to be furloughed will not help as many people as first thought, it is claimed.
Furlough: updated guidance confirms TUPE and overseas citizens’ eligibility
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 are eligible for furlough, the government has...
IR35 reforms postponed until April 2021
Changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules in the private sector have been delayed by 12 months in response to...
IR35: Surely blanket bans are not the answer?
Rather than run the risk of being caught out by the extension of off-payroll working rules to the private sector,...
Small business HR: top tips for people and payroll (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | People are a small organisation’s most important asset, but are firms getting the most from their ...
Time for pay professionals to escape the back office
The data carried by reward and payroll departments needs to extend well beyond the back office. It can support organisations...
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