HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has toughened its stance on debt recovery, by taking money owed to them directly from hundreds of pay packets during the last financial year. Read More
Category: Wages
Businesses reminded to take steps to prepare for upcoming payroll changes
Business owners in the UK are being reminded to take sufficient measures to prepare their businesses for the upcoming changes to legislation regarding payroll, which will come into force on the 6 April 2019. Read More
Employment and overall wages hit record highs
In November, Britain saw the largest rise in overall real wages since September 2016, raising the spending power of the average British worker to the highest it has been in two years. Read More
New reporting measures governing top executive pay come into force
New regulations come into force today, 02 January 2019, to make companies “justify their pay” for top bosses, the Government has revealed. Read More
Wages showing fastest increase in almost a decade
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly a decade in the three months to September. Read More
Millennials hit hardest by financial crisis
According to figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), earnings for UK workers are still lower than they were in 2008, having failed to recover in the decade since the financial crisis, with millennials the hardest hit. Read More
More than a third of SMEs offering flexible working to reduce absenteeism, study finds
Over a third of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are offering flexible working hours in a bid to support their staff, compared to just under a quarter of larger firms. Read More
Government ‘names and shames’ employers found to have underpaid workers
The Government has today ‘named and shamed’ a further 239 employers found to have paid workers less than the National Minimum Wage. Read More