Payroll Archives - Ward Williams HR Advisers

19Mar

Changes to National Minimum Wage rates 2024/2025

The Department for Work and Pensions has published its annual rate increases for 2024/2025. These changes will take effect in April 2024. The rate for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared…

29Mar

by Hannah Peyton

HR and Employment documentation production, Payroll Services

New Information for Payslips

HMRC is asking employers, where appropriate, to include the following message on payslips: ‘1.25% uplift in NICs, funds NHS, health & social care’. This message is for the payslips of…

01Mar

by Hannah Peyton

Payroll Services

Closure of SSP Rebate Scheme

HMRC has announced that the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will close on 17 March 2022. Employers will no longer be able to claim back Statutory Sick Pay for their employees’ coronavirus-related…

26Apr

by Hannah Peyton

HR and Employment documentation production, Payroll Services

IR35 – Are you ready?

Despite the pandemic adding a year’s extension to the original IR35 deadline, recent surveys have shown nearly half of mid-size employers are not prepared for it. Under IR35 if a…

20Nov

by Sarena Harwood

Coronavirus, Payroll Services

New time limits for Furlough claims

New timescales have been announced for lodging a furlough claim with HMRC. Generally, the claim has to be submitted within two weeks of the end of the previous calendar month…

12May

by Sarena Harwood

Coronavirus, Payroll Services

Furlough scheme extended to end of October

Updated 12th May 2020 Today, Rishi Sunak has announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended for a further four months, until the end of October 2020. Until the…

21Apr

by Sarena Harwood

Coronavirus, Payroll Services

Claim online CJRS

15Apr

by Sarena Harwood

Coronavirus, Payroll Services

Changes to Furlough updated 15th April 2020

Updated 15th April 2020 HMRC has just published the fourth iteration of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The qualifying date, when the employee has to have been on the employer's…

18Mar

by Sarena Harwood

Coronavirus, Payroll Services

IR35 /Off worker rules update

The Government has announced it will delay the roll-out of new IR35 Off-Payroll Tax rules for 12 months. This announced by the chief secretary to the Treasury, Steve Barclay, in the House…

13Nov

by Hannah Peyton

Strategic HR planning for the future

5 HR basics for small businesses

For small business, HR can seem a scary prospect. You’re likely to get the basics sorted, but when you’ve got limited time and money to deal with aspects such as…

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