• National Career Development Month - Growing Our Own

    Written on 19 Nov 2020 by Jamie Craw

    Dataplan have long had the people strategy of 'growing our own'. Not only does this widen the net to include people with transferrable skills and bright youngsters starting their…

  • Urgent deadline to retrospectively furlough employees

    Written on 11 Nov 2020 by Paul Chappell

    Following the news on 5 November regarding the extension of the furlough scheme until March 2020 as reported in our blog ‘CJRS Extended’ further details were revealed late…

  • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended until March 2021

    Written on 06 Nov 2020 by Paul Chappell

    We reported yesterday in our blog post “CJRS extended as England enters second lockdown” that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) had been extended until December in light…

  • CJRS extended as England enters second lockdown

    Written on 04 Nov 2020 by Rachel Cooke

    On Saturday 31st October 2020 the Prime Minister announced that England would be entering a second lockdown, starting on Thursday the 5th of November and ending on Wednesday the…

  • Details released on Job Support Scheme

    Written on 29 Oct 2020 by Rachel Cooke

    On the 22nd of October further guidance on the new Job Support Scheme (JSS) was finally released on gov.uk. As we mentioned in our previous post “What we know about the Job…

  • Payroll Horror Stories

    Written on 28 Oct 2020 by Stewart Waddell

    Mistakes, hidden charges and things that go bump in the night! With Halloween approaching our minds have turned to the dark side of payroll. So this Halloween we wanted to share…

  • Public Sector LGPS Exit Payments Cap comes into force on 4th November 2020

    Written on 19 Oct 2020 by George Serls

    In 2015 the Government first announced that it proposed to prohibit six-figure exit packages from the public sector, by imposing a £95,000 cap on such packages. Following public…

  • January 2021 Future Immigration Laws – What does it mean for employers?

    Written on 15 Oct 2020 by Nikki Whitaker

    The UK’s choice to leave the European Union (EU) is set to bring about several changes for businesses to consider, one of which is the impact of future immigration laws. Employers…

  • National Work Life Week 2020

    Written on 12 Oct 2020 by Jamie Craw

    Hosted by Working Families, National Work Life Week is an annual campaign to acknowledge the need for striking a good work-life balance and in turn, increase our well-being at…

  • What we know about the Job Support Scheme and Job Retention Bonus so far

    Written on 09 Oct 2020 by Rachel Cooke

    With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) coming to an end on the 31st October 2020, more announcements surrounding the Job Retention Bonus (JRB) and the Job Support Scheme…