Real Time Information (RTI) Payroll Reporting

Don’t forget that from April onwards if you pay staff through PAYE you need to report payments and deductions to the HMRC in Real Time. Real Time Information (RTI) requires you to make an electronic report to the HMRC on or before the date of every payment you...

International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day which aims to celebrate all things great about womankind, as well as tackling some of the issues still prevalent today. The Gender Agenda is the global theme – tackling inequality and discrimination, whilst the UN...

Flexible Working is the norm

Flexible Working is now the norm according to an ILM research paper that shows 94% of employers offer it in some form. https://www.i-l-m.com/research-and-comment/11830.aspx Interesting to note the gender balance, in that men are as likely nowadays to take advantage of...

Workplace Sexual Harassment

Workplace Groping features in the headlines again – there is interesting article in the BBC about it today. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21573043 We’re not convinced a “no touching rule” at work is necessary, useful, practical or even...

Parental leave rises to 18 weeks

With effect from the 8 March 2014, unpaid parental leave increases from 13 to 18 weeks per child. This is meant to be used to enable parents to spend more time with their child, perhaps to settle them into new childcare arrangements or arrange school placements. The...