The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that employees can only carry over unused holiday due to sickness absence for a maximum of 18 months. The EAT also found that absent members of staff do not need to prove that illness was the reason...
HR Consultancy and Projects
Micro-businesses struggle to prepare for auto-enrolment
The UK’s micro-businesses are struggling to prepare for the implementation of auto-enrolment as staging dates loom over the coming year, research from Intuit Quickbooks has found. Auto-enrolment costs are estimated to be £8,900 per small business,...
Fines for auto-enrolment non-compliance set to surge
Fines for auto-enrolment non-compliance set to surge Aon Employee Benefits has predicted a surge in escalating penalty notices from The Pensions Regulator to tackle auto-enrolment non-compliance. Head of auto-enrolment at Aon, Clare Abrahams, said...
Auto Enrolment Step-by-Step
Auto Enrolment Step-by-Step The latest auto-enrolment deadline for SMEs employing under 30 staff members passed on 1st June. What do SME business owners need to know in order to comply with the new regulations? The UK has a pensions crisis. Too...
Small Business challenge to deliver new workplace pensions
Small Business challenge to deliver new workplace pensions The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) are encouraging SME owners to make sure that they are aware of the latest auto-enrolment milestone. On 1st June, up to 14,000 businesses with fewer...
Regulator reveals increase in auto-enrolment fines
Regulator reveals increase in auto-enrolment fines A quarterly bulletin published by the Pensions Regulator has revealed that the number of fixed penalty notices has increased in 2015, with 198 penalties for failing to comply with workplace...
Can employee benefits really drive employee engagement?
Can employee benefits really drive employee engagement? The relationship between employers and their employees is similar to a marriage, in that it needs to be a two-way partnership. For the relationship to work, both parties need to know what they...
5 million signed up to Auto Enrolment pensions
5 million signed up to AE pensions Nearly 5.2m people have been enrolled into a workplace pension scheme under auto-enrolment, figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show. Auto-enrolment was launched in 2012, initially with only the...