Tax

With the Treasury reportedly considering an increase in National Insurance contributions for employers in the upcoming Budget, what does this mean for HR?

With just weeks to go before Labour’s first budget, Steve Herbert considers the factors that may shape any changes to pension provision.

Former pensions minister suggests Treasury likely to raise billions through a national insurance charge on employer pension contributions.

Offering tax incentives for employee health support could give the economy a boost of £2.65 billion in four years, according to the CBI.

We round up the major political parties' policies for employers ahead of the general election 2024, taking place on 4 July.

Reform manifesto promises to make series of tax cuts and public sector reforms, after the party overtook the Tories in a poll last week.

Green Party manifesto says it would extend the current 8% employee national insurance rate above the Upper Earnings Limit of £52,270.

The Conservatives pledge a further 2p cut to employees' national insurance contribution in their general election manifesto today.

The Liberal Democrats have published their election manifesto, including plans to replace the apprenticeship levy and establish a new employment status.

Reform UK would introduce an ‘employer immigration tax’ to cure the UK’s ‘deadly addiction’ to cheap overseas labour, Richard Tice announces.

One in five highly-skilled contractors is currently not working, with many attributing their absence to reforms to IR35 rules.

Another national insurance cut kicks in this weekend alongside a swathe of employment law changes at the beginning of the tax year.

Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.

Almost a third of employers will be more likely to hire contractors this year after the upcoming changes to IR35 rules to offset any overpayments.

Changes to how IR35 works could reduce the financial risks of employing off-payroll contractors.