The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that, under the terms of the employment contract, an employee was entitled to a payment in lieu of untaken holiday accrued over the full period of seven and a half years of employment, rather than just in her final year. […]
Category: Compensation and Benefits
Compensation & Benefits: New PAYE penalty regime from April 2010
HMRC has issued a draft order providing that the new penalty regime for late payment of income tax under PAYE will come into force from 6 April 2010 […]
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Compensation & Benefits: Greater scope to challenge service-related pay criteria
Employers required to justify both the “adoption” and “application” of service-related pay criteria as Court of Appeal establishes a low hurdle for employees […]
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Compensation & Benefits: 3 top ways to achieve legitimate tax efficiencies – and an Invitation
Tax and national insurance rates may be rising and HMRC may be cracking down on avoidance schemes but there are legitimate ways to achieve tax efficiencies. […]
Compensation & Benefits: New HMRC ‘rights’ Charter
On 11 November 2009, HMRC published its new Charter called ‘Your Charter’, setting out the rights of obligations of individuals when dealing with HMRC. […]
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Data Protection: Information Commissioner’s Office gets teeth
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been granted new enhanced powers […]
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Compensation & Benefits: New company car mileage rates
From 1 December 2009, HMRC approved rates payable to an employee for use of a company car for business purposes have changed with immediate effect. […]
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Compensation & Benefits: Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) – anti-avoidance update
Compensation & Benefits: Update on proposed auto-enrolment pension reforms
“Pragmatic approach” welcomed as “major step forward” […]
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Compensation & Benefits: National minimum wage set for a small rise
Small increases to the national minimum wage will take effect from 1 October 2009. The Government has adopted the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations that: the adults rate, for workers aged 22 or over, should rise from £5.73 to £5.80 per hour; the development rate, for workers aged between 18 and 21, should rise from £4.77 […]
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