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Top Tips: Employment Contracts and Policies
Time flies from those early days when you set-up your business and take-on your first employee; but have you paused to think about whether you have appropriate governance and compliance in place around the employment issues facing you now and in...
Get Ready for the World Cup
The World Cup kicks off in just a few days and as always, excitement is mounting around the trying to predict the likely winner, who’ll get the golden boot, what will be the outcome of the inevitable penalty shoot-out, etc. At work it can be great...
Pensions Regulator begins spot checks in East Midlands to ensure Auto Enrolment compliance
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has begun carrying out spot checks across the East Midlands to make sure employers are complying with their pension duties. Inspection teams will visit dozens of businesses in the East Midlands this month to check...
Tax-free childcare roll out
Tax-free childcare roll out The implementation of Tax-Free Childcare, the new government scheme to help working parents with the cost of childcare, is being rolled out to eligible parents in stages. The scheme first made its debut in April 2017 and...
Petaurum Solutions sponsor Rustons Sports FC Under 13’s kit
We are delighted to announce our support of grassroots football with the sponsorship of Rustons Sports FC Under 13’s away kit. Rustons Sports FC Under 13’s, who play in the Mid-Lincs Youth League played their first fixture in their new kit on 7th...
Childcare Voucher Schemes due to close to new applicants from next April
Many people are unaware of upcoming changes to the Childcare Voucher Scheme, despite significant reforms coming into force in just six months. From April 2018, Childcare Voucher Schemes will be closing to new applicants. Employees who have already...
If you don’t keep up your pension contributions or fail to stage, the Regulator WILL find out
Automatic enrolment (AE) is now business as usual for most employers. As outlined in the Pension Regulators latest compliance and enforcement bulletin, the level of enforcement work they carry out has increased along with the number of employers...
Mental Health in the Workplace Guide Published
To coincide with World Mental Health Day, Acas has produced new guidance to help organisations support employees who may be suffering from poor mental health. Acas earmarks the role of the manager as pivotal when supporting employee wellbeing....
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More than one in ten employers miss deadline for Auto Enrolment
More than one in ten employers miss deadline for Auto Enrolment Some 13% of employers start preparing for auto-enrolment after their staging date has passed, according to research Analysis of NOW: Pensions’ client base found 19% completed their application in the...
HR study finds employers review preference changing
New HR study finds UK employers shifting away from annual performance reviews to ongoing dialogue Top performing UK employers no longer rate employees, instead provide coaching and development opportunities Continuous feedback replaces yearly event Performance...
Is it THAT urgent? Staff admit to checking emails on the loo!
Is it THAT urgent? Staff admit to checking emails on the loo! New research from Mind makes for uncomfortable reading – the mental health charity has found that more than 1 in 7 of us (15%) who receive work emails sometimes check them while in the toilet. An online...
Providers not open for SME auto-enrolment business
Providers not open for SME auto-enrolment business Most advisers – 77% - predict that growing numbers of pension providers will not offer auto-enrolment schemes to businesses with fewer than 30 employees, according to research conducted by Defaqto on behalf of Now:...
Something for the weekend…
Something for the weekend… From paid surrogacy leave to non-medical egg freezing and unlimited holiday, there are some unusual employee benefits lined up for workplaces in the future. According to an American study by the Society of Human Resources Managers (SHRM),...
How do you deal with holiday entitlement untaken due to sickness?
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 for not taking the...
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, yet 40% of the UK's...
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 that non-compliance...
Eight pensions basics for those who “need to know”
Eight pensions basics for those who “need to know” The pensions auto-enrolment process may be well under way, but there are still a number of reforms due to take place in the near future. How well do you know your obligations as an employer? Take a look at this...
How to get buy-in from the Finance Director for flexible benefits
Flexible benefits can be perceived as costly schemes to implement, which is why creating a compelling case to convince finance directors of the merits of such a strategy such as return on investment (ROI) that can be gained from implementing a scheme will be key in...