Archive for May, 2009

A new schedule of allowances for magistrates (Justices of the Peace) in England and Wales, who are not paid for their absences by their employers, took effect from 1 May 2009. The rates for employed magistrates are set at 80% of those rates in order to reflect the 20% basic rate of tax. Magistrates are [...]

In December 2008, the European Parliament failed to achieve a majority vote that would have compelled the European Commission to make provision for phasing out the opt-out from the average 48-hour week. In February 2009, the Employment and Social Affairs Council, representing the EU member states, put forward a compromise document that met the wishes [...]

By Dr. Karen McGraw, Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, Cognitive Technologies Introduction Factual and anecdotal evidence confirms that IT investments are inherently risky. On average, about 70% of all IT related projects fail to meet their on-time, on-budget objectives to produce the expected business results. In one KPMG survey, 67% of the companies who participated [...]

Warning comes as hundreds take ‘sickies’ in wake of swine flu outbreak British businesses are losing out because of increasing numbers of unauthorised absences, says the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP), the UK’s leading membership body for workers in payroll. Their comments come as figures show that hundreds of people took a ‘sickie’ on Monday [...]