200,000 receive back pay as HMRC enforce National Minimum Wage
BEIS and HMRC are urging underpaid workers to complain about National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) underpayments. Recent figures show that the number of workers receiving the money they are owed has doubled. During 2017/18, HMRC investigators...
The Election result: What are the tax implications?
The general election has ended in a hung parliament – the Conservative party have the most seats but do not have an overall majority. Theresa May has announced that she will form a government with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). What does this...
National living wage – rising wage costs for employers
The National Living Wage From 1 April 2016, following the introduction of the new National Living Wage, all workers aged 25 and over are legally entitled to at least £7.20 per hour. This was, however, until the Chancellor delivered his Autumn Statement, where he...
Apprenticeship Levy: Not long to go
The new Apprenticeship Levy will be launched in April 2017. We look at what this is and who will be affected by the government’s new levy. What is the Apprenticeship Levy? First of all, only employers with a wage bill of over £3m will be affected by the...
