Written on 24 Oct 2023 by Katie Bell

The National Living Wage, or the NLW, represents the minimum hourly wage that employees aged 23 and over are legally entitled to in the United Kingdom. This rate is updated…

Written on 27 Feb 2020 by Paul Chappell

My previous blog on National Minimum Wage (NMW) looked at the top 10 errors found by HMRC when undertaking reviews on employers’ payroll and related records. As I have previously…

Written on 23 Jan 2020 by Paul Chappell

2020 is a leap year which means an extra days work for some and it is important to consider the effects of this for your business and your employees. In 2020 the 29th of February…

Written on 25 Jul 2019 by Paul Chappell

Under its Service Level Agreement with the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), HMRC is committed to policing the operation by employers of the…

Written on 05 Mar 2019 by Paul Chappell

HMRC have recently announced a raft of measured aimed at employers to ensure they comply with the requirements to pay the National Minimum and National Living Wages. Specific…

Written on 10 Jan 2019 by Paul Chappell

HMRC have publicised a top 10 list of mistakes that employers make when paying employees that can affect the National Minimum Wage rates. Most of the list is self-explanatory,…

Written on 07 Jan 2019 by Paul Chappell

There has been much publicity recently regarding HMRC’s National Minimum Wage enquiry at Iceland Foods Ltd. Iceland staff can participate in a voluntary savings scheme and put…

Written on 09 Oct 2015 by Mark Brown

As of 1st October 2015, the powers that be decided that everyone in the UK deserved a little pay rise in the annual re-draft of the National Minimum Wage – hurrah! However, a…

Written on 01 Oct 2015 by Stewart Waddell

It is that time of year once again when rates increase for your employees that are paid the National Minimum wage You may already be aware that from the 1st of October 2015 the…

Written on 22 Aug 2010 by Alison Clynes

Managing a payroll includes not only making sure that the correct amount is paid to the members of staff and that their tax is deducted, but also that their national insurance…