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Direct Earnings Attachments – An Employer’s Guide
In January 2013, we publicised the Direct Earnings Attachment (DEA) that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has introduced for the purposes of recovering overpaid benefit payments directly from an employee’s salary. The DWP will encourage the claimant to agree voluntary recovery payment arrangements directly with them, however, where such arrangements cannot be agreed, [...]
The Children and Families Bill
The Children and Families Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 04 February 2013 with a second reading later in the month. It is a legislative consolidation of a number of Government initiatives, all designed to improve services for vulnerable children, plus support families balancing their home / work lives. With particular interest [...]
Statutory Payments 2013/14
Following the Autumn Statement on 05 December 2012 and our subsequent reporting, HMRC have confirmed this information on their Website. For SSP, the new rate of £86.70 per week is effective 06 April 2013. For SMP, SAP, OSPP and ASPP, the new rate of £136.78 will apply from the first payment week staring on or [...]
Statutory Payments for 2013/14
Following the Autumn Statement and the provision of most of the new payment rates and thresholds for the next tax year, the final pieces of the puzzle are announced below: SSP The weekly rate of SSP is increased by £0.85 from £85.85 per week to £86.70 per week from 06 April 2013. This is an [...]
Statutory Payment Rates 2013/14
SSP The weekly rate of SSP is increased by £0.85 from £85.85 per week to £86.70 per week from 06 April 2013. This is an increase of 1%, as announced by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement 2012. The daily rates are unpublished at the time of publication SMP, SAP, OSPP and ASPP The 2013/14 [...]
Statutory Payments
Point 2.60 of the Autumn Statement said that most working-age benefits, including SSP, SMP, OSPP / ASPP and SAP would only be uprated by 1% from April 2013. These Statutory payment rates for 2013/14 have not been announced as at the time of publication. These will be published as soon as we are aware of [...]
Flexible Parental Leave and Working
In May 2011, the Government published a consultation entitled ‘Consultation on Modern Workplaces’, which involved proposals in four areas: Flexible Parental Leave Flexible Working Working Time Regulations, and Equal Pay In June 2012, the Government published its response to topic 4 on Equal Pay and we have been eagerly waiting for responses to the other [...]
RTI – The Employer Payment Summary (EPS)
Two weeks ago, we concluded looking at the Full Payment Summary (FPS). This week, we look at the Employer Payment Summary (EPS). The FPS and EPS are likely to be the two most common RTI submissions that an employer is required to make. At the time the employees are paid, or before, RTI requires the [...]
Statutory Payments 2012/13
HMRC have announced the statutory payment amounts that will apply for 2012/13. As we have already advised, the LEL for next tax year is £107.00 per week: Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) The weekly rate of SSP has increased by 5.2% to £85.85 from 06 April 2012. This equates to an increase that is equivalent to [...]
