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HM Revenue & Customs has released its Compliance Operational Guidance Manual.
The guide is aimed at inspectors; however it is available for anyone to view online and gives details on how an inspector undertakes a compliance review,...
Employee benefits and business protection are suffering as employers cut costs, according to a study from BDRC Continental.
The findings revealed that nearly half of small to medium-sized enterprises do not offer benefits to their staff...
Union leaders have warned that the industrial action seen in late 2010 will continue throughout the upcoming year as more workers take action over below-inflation pay deals.
Trades Union Congress General Secretary Brendan Barber...
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling on the Government to reform the current employment tribunal system and to consider introducing fees for claimants.
During 2010 the number of employment tribunals was at its highest ever...
Pay awards in the private sector are set to see continued growth in 2011, however according to research they are still likely to be below the level of inflation.
Figures from the Incomes Data Service (IDS) show that employees in the...
Travel and subsistence costs can no longer count when calculating National Minimum Wage (NMW) pay, due to changes that came into effect from 1 January 2011.
The new rules will largely affect lower paid workers where they have agreed...
The debate over bank bonuses between the two sides of the Coalition continues to rage after a senior Liberal Democrat said that bosses at the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds should not be entitled to bonuses while small businesses were being...
Pension sharing could be made more complex if pre-nuptial agreements are legalised.
The Law Commission has launched a consultation on whether these types of agreements should be become law in England and Wales.
If such a law was...
There needs to be a balance between affordability and fairness for those who undertake internships for more than three months, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Platform 2011 outlines the CIPD...
The rules which govern the MPs’ expenses system are to be reviewed following months of criticism from frustrated MPs.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which independently regulates the expenses system, has...
Employers have been warned about the need to provide explicit information to any employees who are going through the redundancy selection process.
Selection processes will usually provide an overall performance score of the worker,...
Ex-BBC presenter Miriam O’Reilly has won an employment tribunal for ageism and victimisation, following her removal from the series Countryfile when it was moved to a prime-time slot.
The presenter, who also submitted a sexism...
The need for a “fair and competitive pay structure” has led the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) to launch a new tool to raise awareness of the need to establish regular pay reviews.
The Pay Review...
Senior and middle managers have witnessed a fall in their level of remuneration over the past two years, despite the level of directors’ pay increasing, according to a report from Towers Watson.
The study has shown that the...
MP Eric Illsley has pleaded guilty to three charges of false accounting with regards to his second home.
The independent MP for Barnsley Central has admitted to claiming a sum of £14,500 over a three-year period.
The...
As we are all too aware, the hard work and dedication of payroll professionals often goes unnoticed.
However, it is important to ensure their efforts are rewarded and that we celebrate payroll achievements.
Linda Pullan, Head...
Bonuses and reward are the most influential factors for employees when selecting a job, according to a survey from Crone Corkill.
More than 50 per cent of respondents said that bonuses and reward-based pay were the most important...
Goldman Sachs, one of America’s largest banks, has committed to changing how it remunerates its employees in order to counter some of the criticism that it faced during the financial crisis.
Following an internal review which was...
The recruitment industry is warning that the introduction of Real-Time Information (RTI) will cause significant cashflow problems.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) intends to overhaul the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system by introducing RTI...
The Coalition has announced a shake-up of employment laws in an effort to help boost the economy.
Within the proposed “employers’ charter” there are provisions to extend to two years the length of time that employees...
Almost two-thirds of business drivers believe that their employer should offer a company car, according to Lex Autolease.
Company cars are still largely seen as a status symbol by employees and 63 per cent believe that this benefit...
A further consultation on lowering the level of the annual allowance for pensions has assessed how the charge can be facilitated.
Following the announcement that the annual allowance will be limited to £50,000 per annum for...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to scrap the tax bills of 250,000 pensioners.
It has emerged that HMRC has made errors with pensioner’s tax codes, who have consequently not paid the correct amount of tax.
The...
Further plans to radically change paternity leave have been proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
A Government-sponsored report from Demos has suggested that family policy should be altered to give fathers more encouragement to...
The default retirement age is to be phased out from April 2011.
Plans to abolish the default retirement age (DRA) have been given the green light and will be introduced in two months’ time.
The Government has...
